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Osgoode Hall Law School's "OzCasts": Great conversations about legal education, the profession and the law.

  1. 2025-06-01

    "We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality" by Jill Hasday

    Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by University Professor Jill Hasday from the University of Minnesota Law School. Her book exposes common understandings of American law and society. In what way? Because too many of the stories told about it are about We the Men. Courts, legislators, media and others have either ignored the struggles that women have made for equality, or exaggerate their successes. For over a century, the standard claims are that sexism is over and sex discrimination has been left behind. We the Men turns this narrative on its head -- with hundreds of examples, Professor Hasday shows us that there is still much to be done in this battle. Link to book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/we-the-men-9780197800805?cc=ca&lang=en&

    "We the Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality" by Jill Hasday

  2. 2025-04-25

    "We The Data" by Wendy Wong

    Professor Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Wendy Wong of the University of British Columbia. Her latest book, We, the Data, looks at how our data-intensive world has had significant effects on our autonomy, community, dignity and equality. Wendy makes a strong case for re-imaging human rights to take into account the concerns manifested in big data. We had a very engaging talk with Wendy on a wide variety of topics. Enjoy! Link to book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048576/we-the-data/

    "We The Data" by Wendy Wong

  3. 2025-04-05

    “Police Deception and Dishonesty” by Luke Hunt

    Do you think police can be dishonest? Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Luke Hunt of the University of Alabama, the author of this very provocative book. Luke takes this question and examines it from all sides. While he's not an absolutist (sometimes deception may be warranted) he believes strongly that many (if not most) deceptive police practices should not be permitted. Because they represent breaches of trust between us citizens and the state. Our conversation -- and the book -- should change the way you think about the police.

    “Police Deception and Dishonesty” by Luke Hunt

  4. 2024-12-19

    A conversation with Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw about Defamation

    Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw: "Retaliatory Defamation Lawsuits, Equality Principles, and Access to Justice: Commentary on Hansman v Neufeld", volume 55, Advocates' Quarterly Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Toronto lawyer (and former student of ours) Lil Cadieux-Shaw ’17 in a departure from our usual book review conversation. Lil has recently published an article on the fascinating Supreme Court of Canada defamation case of Hansman v Neufeld. The three of us have a wide-ranging discussion about the case, defamation law, anti-SLAPP legislation and more. If you want to Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw: "Retaliatory Defamation Lawsuits, Equality Principles, and Access to Justice: Commentary on Hansman v Neufeld", volume 55, Advocate's Quarterlyread the article, it is available on the York Centre for Public Policy and Law's website: https://ycppl.info.yorku.ca/category/blog/

    A conversation with Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw about Defamation

  5. 2024-12-03

    "Brain Science for Lawyers, Judges, and Policymakers" by Owen Jones, Jeffrey Schall, Francis Shen, Morris Hoffman and Anthony Wagner

    Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by two of the authors of this very handy book, Professor Jeffrey Schall and former Judge Morris Hoffman. It's always been the case that law is intimately connected with human behaviour. But now brain science is becoming more and more implicated in law. Neuroscience has begun to understand the brain on a level unimaginable even 25 years ago. That has potentially serious impacts on law. As examples, legislators are relying on brain science to create laws; regulators are using it to administer rules; lawyers are using it to advise clients and decide cases. The book is both a primer on brain anatomy and a guide on how it may assist those legal actors to use it wisely. Our conversation with Jeff (the neuroscientist) and Morris (the lawyer/judge) ranges widely across a number of areas. Link to book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/brain-science-for-lawyers-judges-and-policymakers-9780197748855?cc=ca&lang=en&

    "Brain Science for Lawyers, Judges, and Policymakers" by Owen Jones, Jeffrey Schall, Francis Shen, Morris Hoffman and Anthony Wagner

  6. 2024-09-03

    "Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives" by Michael Heller & James Salzman

    Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School and Professor James Salzman of UCLA School of law and UCSB Bren School of the Environment. The book is a provocative book about how ownership -- a legal concept -- is much more complicated than it seems. Ownership is value-laden, contextual and, in the infinite number of situations where scarcity exists, subject to a myriad number of conflicting claims. This fascinating, and eminently readable book will change the way you think about property.

    "Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives" by Michael Heller & James Salzman

  7. 2023-11-01

    "Assisted Suicide in Canada" by Travis Dumsday

    Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Travis Dumsday of Concordia University of Edmonton in a wide-ranging discussion about his book, Assisted Suicide in Canada: Moral, Legal and Policy Considerations. The book takes on the very complicated legal, moral, philosophical and ethical issues surrounding medical assistance in dying, particularly in Canada. Travis discusses the legal cases leading to Parliament's decision to legalize assisted suicide, the ethical quandaries provoked by that decision and where it may lead to.

    "Assisted Suicide in Canada" by Travis Dumsday

  8. 2023-08-16

    "Politics and Expertise" by Zeynep Pamuk

    Dan and Richard are joined by University of Oxford Associate Professor Zeynep Pamuk to discuss her recent book, Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society. The book's grand theme is captured in the two epigraphs found at the beginning: "It would not only be foolish but downright irresponsible to accept the judgment of scientists and physicians without further examination" and "the rational layman will recognize that in matters about which there is good reason to believe there is expert opinion, he ought not to make up his own mind." Zeynep provides a robust critique, and ideas for solutions, on how the longstanding tension between expert knowledge and democratic decision making can be resolved, using very topical examples such as the recent global pandemic. Link to book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691218939/politics-and-expertise

    "Politics and Expertise" by Zeynep Pamuk
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