Ed Morgan (professor)
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Edward M. "Ed" Morgan is a professor of international law at the University of Toronto
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(B.A.; 1976), the University of Toronto
(LL.B.; 1984), and Harvard Law School
(LL.M.; 1986).
N.B.: Category: Year of birth missing. Also missing: (1) His country of origin before becoming a Canadian citizen, (2) Year of Canadian citizenship.
of the Supreme Court of Canada
in 1984-85.
Morgan teaches public international law, private international law, and international criminal law
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He started teaching in 1986, and from 1989-97 practised at Davies, Ward & Beck in Toronto. Morgan has appeared at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
and the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations, and has provided expert evidence on international law to U.S. federal and state courts. He has testified on matters of law reform, national security, and foreign affairs before Parliamentary committees in the House of Commons and the Senate.
in Quebec Superior Court
in Montreal against two companies registered in Montreal that are building and selling apartments in Modi'in Illit
's new Matityahu East neighbourhood, he said there while the move was "imaginative", there were obstacles in the case that might prevent it from prevailing. For one thing, the Geneva Convention was intended to apply to countries, and not to companies.
In December 2008, commenting on a House of Commons committee call for a review of the role and selection of the governor general, he noted that it would require amending Canada's Constitution. He said: "In Canada, the idea of tinkering with the Constitution is a tinderbox. It would have to be a really strong public sentiment to start the process for a constitutional amendment."
Commenting in September 2009 on efforts by Canadian tax officials to press Swiss bank UBS for details of Canadians who might be using UBS accounts to evade taxes, he said "They can go to court to try to compel UBS to disgorge names of Canadian taxpayers that have accounts there, but I'd say it's a toss-up as to whether they'd get that court order. It remains to be seen whether the courts think that banks are obliged to give up information about taxpayers that the taxpayers won't, on our voluntary disclosure system, give up."
When in February 2010 Toronto school trustee Josh Matlow refused to apologize for criticizing a decision to spend $345,000 on a one-day conference, he said the board did not have a right to stop Matlow from speaking out, saying: "I think Matlow is doing exactly what we want school trustees to do. He's speaking his mind and speaking in criticism of board decisions. That's why we elect independent thinkers."
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
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Education
Morgan attended Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
(B.A.; 1976), the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(LL.B.; 1984), and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
(LL.M.; 1986).
N.B.: Category: Year of birth missing. Also missing: (1) His country of origin before becoming a Canadian citizen, (2) Year of Canadian citizenship.
Career
He was a law clerk to Madam Justice Bertha WilsonBertha Wilson
Bertha Wernham Wilson, CC was a Canadian jurist and the first woman Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Early life:...
of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
in 1984-85.
Morgan teaches public international law, private international law, and international criminal law
International criminal law
International criminal law is a body of international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. Principally, it deals with genocide, war crimes, crimes against...
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He started teaching in 1986, and from 1989-97 practised at Davies, Ward & Beck in Toronto. Morgan has appeared at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is an autonomous judicial institution based in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Together with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, it makes up the human rights protection system of the Organization of American States , which serves to uphold and...
and the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations, and has provided expert evidence on international law to U.S. federal and state courts. He has testified on matters of law reform, national security, and foreign affairs before Parliamentary committees in the House of Commons and the Senate.
Views
In July 2008, discussing a lawsuit for damages by the Palestinian village of Bil'inBil'in
Bil'in is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bil'in has a population of 1,800, mostly Muslims.-History:...
in Quebec Superior Court
Quebec Superior Court
Quebec Superior Court is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government.Chief Justices : [partial listing]* Edward Bowen...
in Montreal against two companies registered in Montreal that are building and selling apartments in Modi'in Illit
Modi'in Illit
Modi'in Illit is a Haredi Israeli settlement and a city in the West Bank, situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Modi'in Illit was granted city status by the Israeli government in 2008. It is located six kilometres northeast of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut and is often referred to as Kiryat...
's new Matityahu East neighbourhood, he said there while the move was "imaginative", there were obstacles in the case that might prevent it from prevailing. For one thing, the Geneva Convention was intended to apply to countries, and not to companies.
In December 2008, commenting on a House of Commons committee call for a review of the role and selection of the governor general, he noted that it would require amending Canada's Constitution. He said: "In Canada, the idea of tinkering with the Constitution is a tinderbox. It would have to be a really strong public sentiment to start the process for a constitutional amendment."
Commenting in September 2009 on efforts by Canadian tax officials to press Swiss bank UBS for details of Canadians who might be using UBS accounts to evade taxes, he said "They can go to court to try to compel UBS to disgorge names of Canadian taxpayers that have accounts there, but I'd say it's a toss-up as to whether they'd get that court order. It remains to be seen whether the courts think that banks are obliged to give up information about taxpayers that the taxpayers won't, on our voluntary disclosure system, give up."
When in February 2010 Toronto school trustee Josh Matlow refused to apologize for criticizing a decision to spend $345,000 on a one-day conference, he said the board did not have a right to stop Matlow from speaking out, saying: "I think Matlow is doing exactly what we want school trustees to do. He's speaking his mind and speaking in criticism of board decisions. That's why we elect independent thinkers."
Books
- The Aesthetics of International Law (U. Toronto Press, 2007)
- International law and the Canadian courts: sovereign immunity, criminal jurisdiction, aliens' rights, and taxation powers (Carswell, 1990)
Editor
- Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 2002, guest editor of special issue on international law theory
- Canadian Yearbook of International Law, member of the Board of Editors, 1997-present
Articles
- "Traffic Circles: The Legal Logic of Drug Extraditions", University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (forthcoming).
- "The Law of Betrayal in the Wild West Bank", 1 Journal of International Law and International RelationsJournal of International Law and International RelationsThe Journal of International Law and International Relations is an inter-disciplinary, student-run academic journal at the University of Toronto, a joint project of the Faculty of Law and the Munk School of Global Affairs. The journal was the 5th most cited Canadian law journal in 2010 according...
345 (2005). - "Slaughterhouse-Six: Updating the Law of War", 5 German Law JournalGerman Law JournalThe German Law Journal is a peer-reviewed, online-only open access law journal reporting on the developments in German, European and international jurisprudence....
525 (2004). - "The Other Death of International Law", 14 Leiden Journal of International Law 3 (2001).
- "An International Legal Perspective on Resolution 242", United Nations Security Council Resolution 242United Nations Security Council Resolution 242United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 was adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council on November 22, 1967, in the aftermath of the Six Day War. It was adopted under Chapter VIof the United Nations Charter...
: A 25 Year Retrospective 12 (1992). - "The Hermaphroditic Paradigm of International Law, State Sovereignty: The Challenge of a Changing World", 78 Canadian Council on International Law (1992).
- "Aliens and Process Rights: The Open and Shut Case of Legal Sovereignty", 7 Wisconsin International Law Journal 107 (1989).
- "International Law in a Post-Modern Hall of Mirrors", 26 Osgoode Hall Law JournalOsgoode Hall Law JournalThe Osgoode Hall Law Journal is a law review affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto, Canada. It has been publishing continuously since 1958....
209 (1988). - "Internalization of Customary International Law: An Historical Perspective", 12 Yale Journal of International LawYale Journal of International LawThe Yale Journal of International Law is a student-edited international law review at the Yale Law School . The journal publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary that cover a wide range of topics in international and comparative law.-History:The Yale Journal of International Law is the...
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Select constitutional and international law cases
- Islamic Sunni Verra Community v. Navlakhi, representing board of Toronto-based mosque
- Wheeler v. China National Petroleum Co., representing Chinese national oil company in Alberta in jurisdictional challenges to class actionClass actionIn law, a class action, a class suit, or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued...
- Flato v. Islamic Republic of Iran, expert witness for plaintiff attaching foreign state's bank account in Italian Corte di Cassazione
- Ungar v. Palestinian Authority, expert witness in U.S. District Court on status of the Palestinian Authority under international law
- Suresh v. Minister of Immigration, counsel to Canadian Arab FederationCanadian Arab FederationThe Canadian Arab Federation was formed in 1967 to represent the interests of Arab Canadians with respect to the formulation of public policy in Canada. It presently consists of over 40 member organizations....
as intervenor in Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
appeal regarding membership in a "terrorist organization".