Judith MosoffJudith Mosoff

Associate Professor

B.A. (Toronto) 1969; M.A. (York) 1970; LL.B. (UBC) 1983; LL.M. (UBC) 1994

Tel: 604.822.5019
Fax: 604.822.8108
E-mail: mosoff@law.ubc.ca
Office Location: Allard Hall, room 358

Personal Web Page: http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/mosoff/

Profile

Judith Mosoff joined the Faculty of Law in 1991, having taught in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University and the Department of Psychology at Ryerson Polytechnical University . Called to the Bar of B.C. in 1983, Professor Mossoff has practised as a mental health lawyer. She teaches in the areas of disability, criminal and children's law. Her research is in the area of disability, particularly mental disability. Currently, her research and community activities concern inclusive education for children and youth with intellectual disabilities.

Research Interests

  • Children and Human Rights
  • Disability and Education
  • Mental Health Law
  • Teaching

Courses

  • Law 205 Criminal Law
  • Law 360 Children and Law
  • Disability Law
  • Perspectives on Law

Representative Published Works

  • " Is the Human Rights Paradigm 'Able' to Include Disability: Who's In? Who Wins? What? Why? " (2000) 26 (1) Queens Law Journal pp. 225-276
  • " Motherhood, Madness and Law ," Chapter in Women, Medicine, Ethics and the Law, Susan Sherwin and Barbara Parish (Eds) (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 2002) Reprinted from (1995) 45 University of Toronto Law Journal , pp 107-142
  • "Excessive Demand' on the Canadian Conscience: Disability, Family and Immigration " (1998-99) 26 (2) Manitoba Law Journal pp.1-35

Publications listed on the UBC Law Library Faculty Research Publications Database

 

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