LEON TRAKMAN

Currently living in Sydney, Australia, Leon Trakman has published 8 books and over 100 articles on contracts, investment, commercial law and international commercial arbitration.

FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY WORKING TOGETHER

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Rethinking International Environmental Rights and Responsibilities (with Sean Gatien), in LEON E. TRAKMAN, NICK W. RANIERI AND MARLON LOPEZ, DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, N.Y. 2003)

Pierre Elliot Trudeau, in THE CLINTON SCANDAL (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 2001)

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (WITH SEAN GATIEN), (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS 1999)

Interpreting a Bill of Rights: Canada and South Africa Compared, in INTERPRETING A BILL OF RIGHTS (JUTA, SOUTH AFRICA 1994)

REASONING WITH THE CHARTER (BUTTERWORTHS 1991)

Professional Competence and the Law, in LEON E. TRAKMAN, PROFESSIONAL LEGAL COMPETENCE (DALHOUSIE CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SERIES 1981)

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND THE LAW, ED., (DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SERIES, 1979)


JOURNAL ARTICLES


Responsibilities for Electoral Fraud beyond Correlative Rights and Duties, 31 (88) Utrecht Journal of European and International Law (2015)

A Tribute to Thomas Wälde: A Man Larger than Life, 10(3) OGEL Ten Years Special Issue: Internationalisation of Energy Law (2012)

Governance Models: Tips, Tricks and Traps, Academe 41-43 (2008)

Modeling University Governance, 62(1) Higher Education Quarterly 63-82 (2008)


University Governance – New Model as Keeper of Public Trust, Higher Education Supplement, The Australian (2006)


Escape Hatches in Life Insurance Policies: Rights and Fiduciary Responsibilities, 35 University of British Columbia Law Review 91-134 (2001)

The Rule of Law, Justice and Interpretation, University of British Columbia Law Review (2001)

R. v. Oakes 1986-1997: Back to the Drawing Board (with Sean Gatien & William Cole- Hamilton), 36 Osgoode Hall L.J. 83-149 (1998)

Native Cultures in a Rights Empire: Ending the Dominion, 45 Buffalo Law Review 189-240 (1997)

The Demise of Positive Liberty, 6(3) Constitutional Forum (1995)

Section 15: Equality? Where?, 6(4) Constitutional Forum (1995)

Taking Responsibilities More Seriously Than Dworkin (with Sean Gatien), 48 Southern Methodist University Law Review 585-608 (1995)

Transforming Free Speech: Rights & Responsibilities, 56 Ohio State Law Journal 899-939 (1995)

Rights and Values in the Abortion Debate: A Rights Metamorphosis (with Sean Gatien), 14 Windsor Yearbook on Access to Justice (1995)

David Meets Goliath, 25 Seton Hall Law Review 617-665 (1994)

Substantive Equality in Constitutional Jurisprudence: Meaning Within Meaning, 7 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 27-42 (1994)
Rights Talk, 1(3) The Vital Nexus 41 (1993)

Group Rights: A Canadian Perspective, 24 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 1579-1650 (1992)

Porridge or Scrambled Eggs: Comments on, Inter Alia, Contracts that Infringe Public Policy in the OLRC Report on Amendment of the Law of Contract, 14 Canadian Business Law Journal 75-96 (1988)

Non-disclosure in Insurance Law, 8 Journal of Insurance Law (1985)


Mysteries Surrounding Material Disclosure in Insurance Law, 34 Toronto Law Journal 421-446 (1984)

Law and Learning: Report of the Consultative Group on Research and Education in Law, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 21 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 554-560 (1983)

Essays on Legal Education, 33 Toronto Law Journal 376 (1983)

Competence in the Law: An Unending Search, Lead Article, Symposium, 11 Capital University Law Review 401-417 (1982)

Legal Competence: Yesterday and Tomorrow, 7 Dalhousie Law Journal 831-849 (1982-83)

Fairness, Expediency and the Law of Insurance, 6 Journal of Insurance Law 88 (1982)


The Unharnessed Insurer: A Foreboding Presence, 31 Toronto Law Journal 318-341 (1981)

Canadian Law Schools: In Search of Excellence, 6 Dalhousie Law Journal 303-312 (1980)

Philosophy and Social Issues, 6 Dalhousie Law Journal 718 (1980)
Law Student Teachers: An Untapped Resource, 30 Journal of Legal Education 331-357 (1979)

The Need for Legal Training in International, Comparative and Foreign Law, 27 Journal of Legal Education, 509-551 (1976)

Law and Society, 3 Dalhousie Law Journal 303 (1976)

 
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