The Walter S. Owen Lecture
Previous Walter S. Owen lecturers have been:
1984
Speaker: Professor Jacob S. Ziegel, University of Toronto
Topic: The Future of Commercial Law in Canada
Delivered Wednesday, April 4, 1984
1985
Speaker: Professor Robert F.V. Heuston, was Regis Professor of Laws, Trinity College, Dublin
Topic: Judges and Judgments in Torts
Delivered Tuesday, March 26, 1985
1986
Speaker: Professor P.B. Carter, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford
Topic: Do Courts Decide According to the Evidence?
Delivered Thursday, November 27, 1986
1987
Speaker: Professor B.M.L. Crommelin, Zelma Cowen Professor of Law, University of Melbourne
Topic: Senate Reform: Is the Game worth the Candle?
Delivered Thursday, December 3, 1987
1990
Speaker: The Honourable N.T. Nemetz, CC, QC, Former Chief Justice of British Columbia
Topic: To Save Law from Stagnation and Decay
Delivered Tuesday, February 6, 1990
1991
Speaker: Professor Christine Boyle, formerly Dalhousie University, Halifax (now University of British Columbia)
Topic: Hate, Hierarchy and Homicide
Delivered Thursday, February 28, 1991
1992
Speaker: Professor Christine Boyle, formerly Dalhousie University, Halifax (now University of British Columbia)
Topic: Women, Celts and Judges: Reflections on Madame justice Wilson
Delivered Tuesday, March 17, 1992
1993
Speaker: Professor Ann C. Scales, University of New Mexico Law School Albuquerque, New Mexico
Topic: Alleged Freedoms and Genuine Fears: Avoiding Constitutional Depression
Delivered Tuesday, March 16, 1993
1994
Speaker: Professor Daniel D.N. Nsereko, University of Botswana
Topic: Victims of Abuse of Power, with Special Reference to Africa
Delivered Wednesday, March 9, 1994
Speaker: Dr. Richard H. Weisberg, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Cardozo School of law, New York City
Topic: Five Lessons from Law and Literature
Delivered November 14, 1994
1998
Speaker: Professor Stuart Scheingold
Topic: Governing Through Crime Control: The Politics of Race and Crime in the United States
Delivered Wednesday, November 25, 1998
2000
Speaker: Professor Alan C. Cairns
Topic: Coming to Terms with the Past
Delivered Thursday, March 23, 2000
2001
Speaker: Professor Alan J. Hunt
Topic: Legal Governance and Social Relations: Empowering Agents and the Limits of law
Delivered on Thursday, March 22, 2001
2002
Speaker: Professor Margot Young, University of British Columbia
Topic: Equality with a Difference: A Comparison of South African and Canadian Constitutional Equality Law
Delivered Monday, February 27, 2002
2004
Speaker: Professor Vaughan E. Black
Topic: “Testifying as to the Good: Moral Experts in Canadian Courts”
Delivered Wednesday, February 25, 2004
2006
Speaker: The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, Q.C.
Topic: “The Struggle for Same Sex
Equality: The Canadian Experience”
Delivered Tuesday, March 7, 2006
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