Research Stories
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Apr 30, 201822nd UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Conference
Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to participate in the 22nd UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Conference, to be held at the Peter A. Allard School of Law on May 10–11th, 2018. This conference will offer graduate students a unique interdisciplinary opportunity to engage with contemporary perspectives in law and other disciplines.
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Apr 19, 2018Access to Justice for Persons with HIV
Professor Isabel Grant’s research project examines the history of HIV nondisclosure prosecutions in Canada, and argues that these prosecutions result in the over-criminalization of people with HIV and the distortion of the law of sexual assault generally.
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Mar 12, 2018Inequality and the Marriage Wealth Gap
There has been relatively little scholarship that connects family law and wealth inequality, outside the context of division of property when relationships break down. Professor Aloni’s research is novel in this regard and will help spark important dialogue around the laws and policies governing families and the preservation of wealth.
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Jan 18, 2018Bridging the Gap Between Social Justice and Corporate Law
According to Professor Carol Liao, the next few decades will be a critical period of domestic and international corporate legal reform – businesses are adapting to changing consumer demands, and there is global pressure to increase sustainable practices.
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Nov 6, 2017Perils of Precarious Labour
Labour and employment law is increasingly failing to protect workers’ rights in the contemporary workplace. According to Professor Bethany Hastie, it is the growing precariousness of labour that is at the heart of this failure.
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Oct 27, 2017Yasmin Salama, Ph.D. Student
Yasmin started her PhD in international investment law and transnational corruption at the Peter A. Allard School of Law in January 2017. Her research addresses the need to look beyond the reach of the current anti-corruption framework, proposing a new way of tackling demand-side corruption by utilizing arbitral tribunals.