Renowned jurist to deliver 4th annual Coxford Lecture
September 26, 2011
The Honourable Ian Binnie, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court
of Canada, will deliver the 2011-12 Coxford Lecture on Thursday, February 16,
2012 at 5:30 p.m. in Rm.38 of the Faculty of Law.
Binine will speak on the topic “Judging the Judges: May they go boldly where Ivan Rand went before". All are welcome to attend this free public lecture.
While at Western Law Binnie will also participate in "Judging Justice Binnie: A Singular Contribution to Canadian Law" a panel discussion with Professors Andrew Botterell, Grant Huscroft and Bradley Miller at 12:30 p.m.in the Faculty of Law's Moot Court Room.
“Justice Binnie has made an enormous contribution to Canadian law and it is an honour to have him deliver this year’s Coxford Lecture,” says Professor Grant Huscroft.
Stephen Coxford ‘77, Vice-Chair of Western’s Board of Governors, endowed the Coxford Lecture, Western Law’s leading annual public law lecture. The prestigious lecture series brings international scholars to Western Law to address important public law questions, in order to promote and advance the rule of law.
Previous speakers in the Coxford Lecture series include Larry Alexander, of the University of San Diego, Professor Jeremy Waldron of New York University and Oxford University, and Professor Jeffrey Goldsworthy of Monash University.
The lectures are published annually in the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.
