Research
My primary research interests are in private law (including, chiefly, tort and property law) and legal philosophy. You can read more about my doctoral dissertation here. I also have a meaningful secondary research project on how concepts ought to constrain judicial reasoning and structure constitutional remedies.
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
‘Declarations of Invalidity and the Metaphysics of Judicial Review’ (2025) 58:1 University of British Columbia Law Review 207-258. “Highly Recommended” on Prof. Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory Blog.
‘Aboriginal Title and Equity's Darling’ in Gerard Kennedy, Kristopher Kinsinger, and Malcolm Lavoie, eds, Private Rights and the Rule of Law (2024) 4 Supreme Court Law Review (3d) 223-259.
‘The Highest Suggestion in the Land: Obiter Dicta and the Modern Supreme Court of Canada’ (2024) 61:1 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 9-62.
‘Litigating Intentional Discrimination’ in Sophia Moreau and Cheryl Milne, eds, Litigating Equality (2024) 114 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 309-331.
‘Republic of Fiji v Prasad: Revolutionary Legality and the Taxonomy of Legal Change’ (2022) 22:2 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 117-149.
‘The Body as Me and Mine: The Case for Property Rights in (Attached) Body Parts’ (2021) 66:3 McGill Law Journal 565-601.
‘Why is Aboriginal Title Property if it Looks Like Sovereignty?’ (2021) 34:2 Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 417-460. Co-authored with Douglas Sanderson.
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Talks and Workshop Presentations
‘The Public Function of Private Wrongs’ – Journal of Tort Law Symposium on the Emergence of New Torts. Osgoode Hall Law School. Toronto, Canada. June 2026.
‘The Death of Dicta’
(a) National Conference of Constitutional Law Scholars 2026. Rehnquist Center, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Tucson, USA. March 2026.
(b) American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting - Younger Comparativists Committee Conference. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. October 2025.
(c) Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Theory Junior Scholars Conference. Georgetown Centre for the Constitution, Georgetown University Law Centre. Washington
DC, USA. March 2025.
(d) Cornell Law School Graduate Conference. Cornell Law School. Ithaca, USA. March 2025.
(e) 3rd Graduate Conference on Constitutional Change. University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Austin, USA. December 2024.
(f) ICON•S Winter/Summer School for Junior Scholars. UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law & Justice. Sydney, Australia. June 2024.
‘Two Visions of Aboriginal Title: Recent Litigation from Coast to Coast’ – Aboriginal Law Conference 2025. Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada. November 2025.
‘Beyond Courts: Legal Education and the Rule of Law’ – Inaugural Rule of Law Global Academic Conference: The Role of Law Schools in Advancing the Rule of Law. Osgoode Hall Law School. Toronto, Canada. November 2025.
‘The Private Law Dimension of Aboriginal Rights’ – Aboriginal Law Conference 2024. Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada. November 2024.
‘Declaring Rights: The Law of Equity’s Modus Operandi’
(a) Obligations Conference X: Private Law & The State. Banff, Canada. July 2023.
(b) KU Leuven Conference on Property Law Reform & The Commons. KU Leuven. Online. March 2023.
(c) Private and Commercial Law Annual Conference: Civil Remedies. December 2022. University of Western Australia. Online.
(d) Prof. Lionel Smith’s Global Seminar in Private Law Theory. August 2022. Online.
‘Aboriginal Title and Equity’s Darling’ – Private Rights and the Rule of Law. Runnymede Society. Banff, Canada. July 2023.
‘The Permissible Limits of Arguing in the Alternative’ – Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group. Online. June 2023.
‘Litigating Intentional Discrimination’ – Litigating Equality in Canada. David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Toronto, Canada. May 2023.
‘Republic of Fiji v. Prasad: Revolutionary Legality and the Taxonomy of Legal Change’ – Tel Aviv University Workshop for Junior Scholars in Law. Tel Aviv, Israel. November 2021.
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