Assessing the State of the Field: Cause Lawyering

"Assessing the State of the Field - Cause Lawyering"
Austin Sarat (Chair), Richard L. Abel (Participant), Laura Beth Nielsen (Participant), Howard Erlanger (Participant)

Roundtable - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 30, 2008 Montreal Canada

This panel will take stock of the research on cause lawyering and to think about future directions. What progress has been made in thinking about cause lawyers? Do we have an analytically sound definition? Has the study of cause lawyers advanced our understanding of the complex boundaries between law and politics? What are the most significant unanswered questions and most promising directions for future research?

Inaugural Podcast, The Insecurity of Human Rights, Alex Neve

"The Insecurity of Human Rights"
Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada (Speaker) Annie Bunting, York University (Introduction) Plenary - Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association Joint Meetings May 29, 2008 Montreal Canada

Alex Neve has been Secretary General of Amnesty International since January, 2000. He was just recently awarded the Order of Canada (in December, 2007). Neve has been a member of Amnesty for over fifteen years and has worked for the organization nationally and internationally in a number of different roles, including, research missions to Tanazania, Guinea, Mexico, Burundi, and Ghana. Amnesty in Canada has been actively involved in the case of Maher Arar as well as Omar Khadr, violence against Aboriginal women, trade and human rights amongst other issues. He will draw on these examples in his presentation for the conference.