Errol Mendes

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Errol Mendes
Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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The Liberal Democratic World Order Is Falling Apart 0
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- 13 janvier 2017
As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second-World-War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. From Russia to China to the EU, authoritarian rule is tightening its grip.

In …
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The Munk Leaders’ Debate: Opportunity Missed 0
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- 30 septembre 2015
The Munk Leaders’ Debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but at many times it was really about a three-man horse race. That race was about which progressive horse could finish first, or whether the conservative horse would end …
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Tories’ Anti-Terror Bill Undermines Values It’s Meant to Protect 0
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- 2 février 2015
Published in the Toronto Star, February 2, 2015

When a prime minister announces one of the most draconian anti-terrorism bills in his nation’s history — and does this not in the national legislature, but at an election-type campaign stop …
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This Isn’t the Kind of War Bombs Can Win 0
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- 10 octobre 2014
Published in iPolitics, October 7, 2014

For starters, let’s stop calling them Islamic State. As President Barack Obama has pointed out, the mass murderers in black cutting a bloody trail through Iraq and Syria are neither truly Islamic nor …
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Harper Goes to the UN for Domestic Consumption in 2015 0
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- 22 septembre 2014
Published on National Newswatch, September 22, 2014

In the week of September 22, 2014, Stephen Harper will address the UN General Assembly, the global forum that not only he has shunned in his almost nine years of office but …
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Ukraine: Another Example of the Dangerous Clash of Hegemons 0
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- 15 avril 2014
A previous version of this essay was published in the Huffington Post on March 18, 2014

When the history of the early decades of the 21^st century is written, it may well be called the era of multiple clashing …
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With Syria, the US and Britan are Trapped in the Past 0
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- 17 septembre 2013
Published in the Huffington Post Canada, September 16, 2013

William Faulkner’s most brilliant insight was his quip that « The past is never dead, it is not even past. » It is the past that is now befuddling the …
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Corruption in Africa, Corruption in Canada: Different Scale, Same Problem 0
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- 2 juillet 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, July 1, 2013

The trip to East Africa with an attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro was a check off my bucket list. But the professional lessons I learned from that trip were also …
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Intervening in Syria Would be Illegal. It Would Also be Right.0
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- 2 mai 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 1, 2013

If the United States becomes convinced that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has started using chemical weapons against its own citizens, the “red line” set down by President Barack Obama will have …
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Canada’s Diplomatic Tantrum in the Desert 0
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- 18 avril 2013
Published in iPolitics, April 9, 2013

A little more than two weeks ago, Canada became the only nation on the planet to walk away from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

The decision to withdraw — making Canada the …
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Canada’s Reputation is Tainted by Bribery and Abuse. Only Boards Can Rescue It.0
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- 5 mars 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 5, 2013

The reputations of Canadian companies operating abroad are under serious attack. The attention of governments and the global private sector is being drawn to recent headlines such as “SNC bribery …
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Defending Canada’s Human Rights and Rule of Law Legacy 0
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- 21 janvier 2013
2013 will see the UN and many countries around the world celebrating the 65^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It should also be the year that we celebrate a Canadian law professor, John Humphrey, who as …
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