Dennis Pavlich
Professor
B.A. (Witwatersrand), LL.B. (Witwatersrand), LL.M. (Yale)
- Office:
Allard Hall, Room 347
- Phone: 604 822 4272
- Email: pavlich@allard.ubc.ca
Profile
Dennis Pavlich is a professor in the Allard School of Law at UBC. A graduate of Witwatersrand University and Yale Law School, Professor Pavlich has been an academic for over 30 years and on three occasions has received awards for teaching excellence, including the University's Killam Teaching Prize and the Faculty of Law’s George Curtis Teaching Award. Professor Pavlich teaches courses on property law, the law of trusts and historical comparative law. He has also lectured extensively in the field of education law. Pavlich is the author and editor of several books and articles in his areas of legal interest including Real Estate Law in British Columbia (CCH Canada), Condominium Law in British Columbia (Butterworths), Academic Freedom and the Inclusive University (UBC Press), Managing Environmental Justice (Rodopi), and Trusts in Common-Law Canada (LexisNexis Third Edition 2020).
Professor Pavlich has served as UBC's University Counsel and as its Vice President External and Legal Affairs. He was also founding Chair and President of the Great Northern Way Trust that initiated the campus as a joint venture of UBC, Simon Fraser and Emily Carr universities and the BC Institute of Technology and provided oversight in the launching of the joint degree in digital media studies. He has served on the UBC Senate and as Vice Chair of the UBC Board of Governors. He has also been a member of the boards of several organizations including UBC Properties Trust, the Rick Hansen Institute, the British Columbia Law Institute, Festival Vancouver, and the BC Press Council. He is a former president of the Vancouver Institute and Temple Sholom Synagogue. He currently sits on the boards of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (officially affiliated with the United Nations) and the Allard Law Alumni Association.
Research and Publications
To learn more about my research, please visit my PURE Research profile. You can also access my publications on the following sites:
Courses
- The Canadian Law of Trusts
- Property Law
- Legal Traditions and Ideas of Law
Publications
 | Dennis Pavlich Trusts in Common-Law Canada, 3rd ed. Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2019 UBC Library Location | ||
 | Dennis Pavlich Trusts in Common-Law Canada, 2d ed. Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016 UBC Library Location | ||
 | Dennis Pavlich Trusts in Common-Law Canada Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2014 UBC Library Location | ||
 | Dennis Pavlich, ed. Managing Environmental Justice Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2010 UBC Library Location Online Access (with full-text) | ||
 | Sharon E. Hann & Dennis Pavlich, eds. Academic Freedom and the Inclusive University Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000 UBC Library Location | ||
 | D.J. Pavlich “The Calculation of Damages for Fatal Injuries” Full text: (1997) 35:4 Advocate 295-300 UBC Library Location | ||
 | D.J. Pavlich “Criminal Law -Section 16(2) - The Meaning of Wrong - Schwartz v. The Queen” Full text: (1997) 11:2 U.B.C. L. Rev. 315-326 UBC Library Location | ||
Charles E. Reasons & D.J. Pavlich The Legal and Social Alienation of Aboriginal peoples in Canada International Journal of Canadian Studies, No. 12, 1995, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 69-84 Full text: USASK Library Location Charles E. Reasons & D.J. Pavlich Social and legal alienation: The case of aboriginal peoples in Canada The Journal of Human Justice, 03/1995, Volume 6, Issue 2, 46–62 Full Text: UBC Library Location | |||
 | Dennis John Pavlich Condominium Law in British Columbia Vancouver: Butterworths, 1983 UBC Library Location | ||
 | Michael D. Akerly, Nicolaas A. Blom, Irwin Davis, Dennis J. Pavlich, & Robert S. Reid “British Columbia Real Estate Law Guide” Don Mills: CCH Canadian, 1979- UBC Library Location | ||
 | D.J. Pavlich “Zoning Law and Administration in the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa” Full text: (1979) 96:1 S. African L.J. 108-115 | ||
| D.J. Pavlich “Recent Changes to Condominium Legislation in British Columbia ” Full text: (1978) 3:1 Can. Bus. L.J. 34-56 UBC Library Location | |||
| Dennis John Pavlich Strata Titles Act: Condominium Law in British Columbia Vancouver: Butterworths, 1978 UBC Library Location | |||
| D.J. Pavlich “Zoning Law and Administration in the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa” Full text: (1978) 95:1 S. African L.J. 102-116 | ||
| D.J. Pavlich “Zoning Law and Administration in the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa” Full text: (1978) 95:2 S. African L.J. 228-239 | ||
| D.J. Pavlich “Zoning Law and Administration in the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa” Full text: (1978) 95:3 S. African L.J. 404-414 | ||
 | D.J. Pavlich “Law of Property (Including Mortgage and Pledge)” Full text: (1973) Ann. Surv. S. African L. 196-222 | ||
| D.J. Pavlich “The Administration of Justice, Law Reform and Jurisprudence” Full text: (1972) Ann. Surv. S. African L. 428-478 |
Research Interests
- Legal history
- Property, housing and real estate
- Trusts and equity
How does modern legal structure compare with and derive from the systems of law of the ancient Near East and western Europe?