Joseph Weiler

Professor (Emeritus)
B.A. (Toronto), LL.B. (Osgoode), LL.M. (Berkeley)

Office:
Allard Hall, room 444
Phone: 604 822 4246

Email: weiler@allard.ubc.ca

Profile

Joseph Weiler is Professor at the Allard School of Law, UBC in Vancouver. He earned his BA with Honors at the University of Toronto in 1969, his LLB at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in 1972 and his LLM at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1974. He joined the law school at UBC in 1974, first as Assistant Professor and then was promoted to Associate Professor and became a Full Professor in 1987. He has taught courses on criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional law and the law of cyberspace, and currently teaches courses on labor law and policy, sports law, media and entertainment law, and the law of the Olympic Games. Professor Weiler is the author, co-author and editor of numerous publications, including books and journal articles, in all of the areas that he has taught over the years at UBC.

Professor Weiler was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1973 and has acted as counsel in numerous cases at all judicial levels, including the provincial and county courts, the Supreme of British Columbia, the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Weiler has also had a long career in the field of alternative dispute resolution acting as a mediator and arbitrator in over 400 disputes, and was the Commissioner of the Vancouver Port Container Traffic Inquiry in 1986-88. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators in 1984 and he served as counsel to the Vancouver Canucks Hockey Club from 1990 to 1995.

Professor Weiler was the Founding Director and President of the Pacific Institute of Law and Public Policy from 1982-1990, served as Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Business Institute from 1985-1988, Executive Director of the UBC Nemetz Centre for Dispute Resolution from 1988-1991, and Executive Director of the BC Seafood Sector Council from 1998-2002. He has served as Chair of many organizations, such as the British Columbia Motion Picture Industry – Government Roundtable, the Canadian Bar Association Asian Law Task Force, and the Board of Directors of the West Vancouver Arts Centre Trust.

Courses

Labour Law and Policy
Sports Law
Media and Entertainment Law
Law of Cyberspace
Law of the Olympic Games

Publications

	Joseph Weiler & Patrick Weiler “Vancouver Green Capital: Branding the Host City of the Olympic Games” in Jill Savery & Keith Gilbert, eds., Sustainability and Sport Champaign: Common Ground Publishing, 2012 pp. 103-115
	Joseph Weiler & Arun Mohan “The Olympic Games and the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges” Full text: (2010) 1:1 Int'l J. of Sport & Soc'y 187-202
	Joe Weiler & Arun Mohan “2010 Olympics: Aiming for Sustainable Development” Full text: (10 October 2008) 27:38 Law Week 13 UBC Library Location
	Joseph Weiler & Arun Mohan “The Collaborative Tales: Exploring the Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Sustainable Development within the Olympic Movement” in Shi-Ling Hsu & Patrick A. Molinari, eds., Sustainable Development and the Law: People • Environment • Culture [Montréal]: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2008 pp. 75-128 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Richard Pound, Ken Bagshaw, Linda Coady, Joseph Weiler, Margaret Dickson & Arun Mohan “The Olympic Games, the Law and the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability” in Shi-Ling Hsu & Patrick A. Molinari, eds., Sustainable Development and the Law: People • Environment • Culture [Montréal]: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2008 pp. 129-212 UBC Library Location
	Kathleen Porter & Joe Weiler “Synchronizing Individual Corporate Self-Interest Goals and Sector Development Responsibilities: The BC Seafood Processing Industry Experience” in Janis P. Sarra, ed., Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003 pp. 248-271 UBC Library Location SSRN Abstract
	Joseph M. Weiler “Legal Analysis of the NHL Player's Contract” Full text: (1992) 3:1 Marq Sports LJ 59-83 UBC Library Location
	Joseph M. Weiler & Robin M. Elliot, eds. Litigating the Values of a Nation: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Toronto: Carswell, 1986 UBC Library Location
	Joseph M. Weiler “Arbitration under the British Columbia Labour Code” Full text: (1979) 25:2 McGill L.J. 193-216 UBC Library Location
	Joseph M. P. Weiler “Why Do We Punish?: The Case for Retributive Justice” Full text: (1978) 12:2 U.B.C. L. Rev. 295-319 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper
	Joseph Weiler “Controlling Obscenity by Criminal Sanction” Full text: (1971) 9:2 Osgoode Hall L.J. 415-432 UBC Library Location Allard Research Commons SSRN Paper