Publications - Department of Law and Legal Studies

Our academic teaching staff regularly produce research that appears in leading academic journals and periodicals. But did you know that many of them also have published novels, books, and other educational texts?

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In addition to the below publications, you can also find more details about faculty members’ articles, books, educational texts and more on their faculty profile pages.

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Books and Educational Texts

Our faculty regularly publish books and educational texts. Here are some of their latest publications. To learn more about a particular text, please click on the cover image.

Adrian, Melanie
Appel Kuzmarov, Betina
Buss, Doris
Dawson, Brettel
Dickson, Jane
Douglas, Stacy
Gaucher, Megan
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Kazmierski, Vincent
Kaisary, Philip
Khan, Ummni
Malette, Sebastien
Majury, Diana
Moore, Dawn
Oklopcic, Zoran
Özsu, Umut

Rigakos, George


Sargent, Neil
Spencer, Dale

Wilke, Christiane
Wright, Barry

The featured list of publications is updated periodically.

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Library Archive

You can find a comprehensive list of the Department of Law and Legal Studies faculty members’ publications, articles and more via the MacOdrum Library.

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Article and Publication News

Monday, October 7, 2024

Book Launch: Philip Kaisary’s “From Havana to Hollywood” Challenges Cinematic Portrayals of Black Agency

Congratulations to Professor Philip Kaisary on the release of his new book, From Havana to Hollywood: Slave Resistance in the Cinematic Imaginary. Professor Kaisary’s book critically examines how Black agency has been portrayed in cinema, focusing on the stark differences between Hollywood and Cuban cinema. In Hollywood, the representation of... More

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Read Prof. Balasubramaniam’s New Work on How Covid-19 is Testing Constitutional Democracies

In his March 2021 blog post for Verfassungsblog, COVID-19: Malaysia’s Fragile Constitutional Democracy, Department of Law and Legal Studies Professor Ratna Rueban Balasubramaniam probes the ways in which Covid-19 is perhaps the first ever uniform test for constitutional democracies world-wide. Balasubramaniam posits that the test implicates... More

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Read the new article by Garrett Lecoq, Dr. Dale Ballucci and Dr. Dale Spencer from The British Journal of Criminology

The new article, ‘Keep Them on the Straight and Narrow’: Understanding, Selecting and Governing Subjects Through Intensive Supervision Units by Garrett Lecoq (Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University) Dr. Dale Ballucci (Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario) and Dr. Dale Spencer (Department of Law and Legal... More

Monday, December 7, 2020

Read Dr. William Hébert’s new article in the December 2020 special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Dr. William Hébert's latest article, "Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform" was published in the December 2020 special issue "On the Margins of Trans Legal Change" of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society. In this paper, Dr. Hébert analyses policy documents and interviews... More

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Prof. Gaucher Honoured for her Latest Book!

Congratulations to Professor Megan Gaucher whose book, A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy (2018, UBC Press), received an Honourable Mention distinction form The American Political Science Association’s Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award for 2020. A Family Matter analyzes the inconsistent... More

Friday, July 31, 2020

Insight Grants 2020: The Case of Métis Acadians

Professor Sebastien Malette has focused on unrecognized Métis and non-status Indigenous communities in the Eastern provinces of Canada. He is the co-author of three books on the subject, including his latest, entitled Bois-Brulés: The untold story of the Métis of Western Québec (UBC, 2020). His latest project, funded by a $203,999 SSHRC... More

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Prof. Sebastien Malette Wins the Prix du Canada en sciences humaines et sociales 2020

Professor Sebastien Malette, and his co-authors, have been awarded the Prix du Canada en sciences humaines et sociales 2020 by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences his book Les Bois-Brûlés de l’Outaouais – Une étude ethnoculturelle des Métis de la Gatineau. The prize is awarded annually to the best scholarly book... More

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Unbound in War? International Law and Britain’s Participation in the Korean War

Unbound in War? International Law and Britain's Participation in the Korean War, written by Prof. Sean Richmond was published in the Asian Journal of International Law (Cambridge University Press). This interdisciplinary paper examines the influence and interpretation of international law in the use of force by an important but understudied... More

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Bois-Brûlés. The Untold Story of the Métis of Western Québec

Prof. Sebastien Malette has co-authored a new book, Bois-Brulés. The Untold Story of the Métis of Western Québec released by UBC Press. "Bois-Brûlés, previously available only in French, examines the archival and ethnographic evidence for a historical Métis community in the larger Outaouais region, piecing together a riveting and previously... More

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Will global corporations take responsibility for those they have long exploited?

"In the age of global supply chains which employs over 450 million people, the burden of COVID-19 continues to be borne by workers at the bottom of the chain who have no savings to survive on during such times." PhD candidate, Jay Ramasubramaniam, wrote a piece for Open Democracy on the matter. Click here to... More

Monday, March 30, 2020

Using the Rhetoric of Obscenity Against Vulnerable Migrants Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic

Professor Robert Barsky's recent posting in the Yale Journal of Regulation discusses how the Coronavirus can teach us about exclusion. Click here to read the full article - Using the Rhetoric of Obscenity Against Vulnerable Migrants Amidst the Coronavirus... More

Friday, March 10, 2017

New Publication from Prof. Rebecca Bromwich

A new publication from Prof. Rebecca Bromwich is now available! The book, "Bad Mothers: Regulations, Representations, and Resistance" is released through Demeter Press and is co-edited by Prof. Bromwich, Dr. Michelle Hughes Miller, and Dr. Tamar Hager. About the Book While the image or construct of the “good mother” has been the focus of many... More

Monday, May 16, 2016

New Publication from Prof. Rigakos

Prof. George Rigakos has recently completed a new publication, released via Edinburgh University Press. The book, entitled Security/Capital A General Theory of Pacification, offers a radical social theory of the security-industrial complex, showing how pacification underpins the global economic system. What is security, and what is its... More

Friday, April 22, 2016

New Publication from Prof. Spencer

Prof. Dale Spencer recently teamed with Prof. Sandra Walklate (Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool and professor of criminology at Mon ash University) to co-edit a new publication, Reconceptualizing Critical Victimology: Interventions and Possibilities. The book includes eleven papers on the forms of... More

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

New Publication: Policing Carceral Boundaries

Prof. Dawn Moore, Prof. Vincent Kazmierski and instructor Lisa Wright have recently been published in a special issue of Social Justice, entitled 'Beyond Mass Incarceration'. The paper is called "Policing Carceral Boundaries: Access to Information and Research with Prisoners". ... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Book Launch: “Looking For Ashley” by Prof. Bromwich

Prof. Rebecca Bromwich has announced the launch of her latest book, "Looking for Ashley: Re-reading What the Smith Case Reveals about the Governance of Girls, Mothers and Families in Canada". The launch will take place at the Vista Room - Lago Grill in Ottawa on January 28th at 7pm. About the Book The 2007 death... More

Thursday, October 22, 2015

New book from Prof. Melanie Adrian

Congratulations to Prof. Melanie Adrian, whose new book “Religious Freedom at Risk: The EU, French Schools, and Why the Veil was Banned” is now available! The book's official launch took place at Octopus Books in Ottawa on October 15th, where Prof. Adrian introduced the book and signed copies for customers. More information on the book,... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

New book from Prof. Rebecca Bromwich

Congratulations to Prof. Rebecca Bromwich, whose new book "Looking For Ashley: Re-Reading What the Smith Case Reveals about the Governance of Girls, Mothers and Families in Canada" has gone to press! More information on the book, which will be available from Demeter Press, can be found... More

Monday, April 6, 2015

Call for Papers: Carleton University Journal of Legal Studies

The Carleton Law & Legal Studies Society would like to introduce the Carleton University Journal of Legal Studies. Carleton University undergraduate students are invited to submit a paper that they have written to be published in the Fall of 2015 edition of the Journal. This is a great opportunity to show off your hard work and to... More

Friday, March 27, 2015

Congratulations to First PhD Legal Studies Program Graduate

It is with great pleasure that the Department of Law and Legal Studies announces the successful thesis defence by PhD Candidate Rebecca Bromwich. Rebecca went before the Examination Board on March 26, 2015, in defense of her PhD thesis entitled, "Re-Reading Ashley: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Figures of Ashley Smith as Girl". The... More

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

PhD Candidate Publishes Paper in WYAJ

PhD candidate Stéphane Lefebvre's comprehensive exam paper entitled, "A Brief Genealogy of State Secrecy", has been published in the Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (WYAJ)! This article provides a potential explanation to the following question: With over five million government employees and contractors entrusted with state secrets in... More

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Prof. Spencer publishes article in ‘International Review of Victimology’

Prof. Dale Spencer has recently published an article entitled, "Corporeal realism and victimology" in the International Review of Victimology. This article introduces corporeal realism to victimology and incorporates work on the sociology of the body to manifest a critical victimology focused on the body–society relationship. It reviews the... More

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Canadian Journal of Law and Society Receives 3-Year SSHRC Grant

Prof. Melanie Adrian, Managing Editor of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society (CJLS), confirmed today that the Journal has received a 3 year SSHRC grant totalling approximately $90,000. The funding will help support the ongoing publishing activities of the Journal, and support the work of two PhD students. Congratulations to the editorial... More

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Prof. Malette’s article featured in ‘Policy Options’

The latest issue of the Institute for Research on Public Policy's magazine, Policy Options, features an article by Prof. Sebastien Malette. In his piece (http://policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/policyflix/malette/), Prof. Malette explores the question of Métis identity in the context of the film, L’empreinte. The issue is available free-of-charge... More

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

New publication from Prof. Rueban Balasubramaniam

Prof. Rueban Balasubramaniam has recently published in the Journal of Postcolonial Studies. His article, entitled "The disappearance of law in the interdisciplinary study of rule by law" should be especially provocative to those who adhere to the interdisciplinary study of law. It is currently available to read in full at this link:... More

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

New publications from Prof. Doris Buss

Professor Doris Buss has confirmed that several of her new publications are now available. Her article, “Knowing women: Translating Patriarchy in International Criminal Law”, can be found in Social & Legal Studies, 23(1): 73-92. (2014). Additionally, she has co-edited a new book: Buss, Doris, Joanne Lebert, Blair Rutherford, Donna... More

Monday, August 11, 2014

PhD Student publishes editorial, “The facts on injection sites”

Phd Student and instructor Lisa Wright has published an editorial piece in The Ottawa Citizen entitled, "The facts on injection sites". In the article, Wright discusses the "mounting evidence of the benefits of a harm reduction, health-centred approach to drugs and the people who use them", and how "we are left wondering when there will... More

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Prof. Douglas co-edits issue of Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Prof. Stacy Douglas recently co-edited a special issue of the 'Canadian Journal of Law and Society' (CJLS) with Prof. Suzanne Lenon (University of Lethbridge) on law and decolonization. The issue is currently free for download (don't wait too long though!):... More

Thursday, April 3, 2014

In the News… Prof. Adrian discusses Charter of Values in ‘The Globe and Mail’

Prof. Melanie Adrian resumes discussion on the controversial Charter of Values with an article co-written with colleague Prof. Claudia Lahaie. The article, entitled "Far from protecting women, a secular charter would increase discrimination", was published by The Globe and Mail today. It details an argument that the Charter of Values would... More

Friday, February 7, 2014

Prof. Dawn Moore published in “Theoretical Criminology”

Prof. Dawn Moore's new article has been published in the February 2014 issue of Theoretical Criminology. The article entitled, "Outcasts, performers and true believers: Responsibilized subjects of criminal justice", was co-written with Hideyuki Hirai (International Buddhist University, Japan), and draws on a field study of three drug treatment... More

Friday, November 8, 2013

New Publication from Prof. Wilke

Associate Professor and Graduate Supervisor Christiane Wilke, of the Department of Law and Legal Studies, recently teamed with Lena Foljanty (Max Planck Institute, Frankfurt, Germany) to co-edit a special section, "Critical Inheritance: National Socialism, Law, and Memory" in the German law journal Kritische Justiz (Critical Justice). The special... More

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Book Launch Set for Joel Harden’s “Quiet No More”

You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Joel D. Harden’s new book, Quiet No More: New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe. Quiet No More offers new thinking about how ordinary citizens have started to take back power in our democracy and change the world. It examines the meaning and promise of... More

Friday, April 26, 2013

Prof Balasubramaniam Publishes New Article on Malaysian Politics

Professor Rueban Balasubramaniam discusses Malaysian politics in an article in The Malaysian Insider as the country ramps up for an impending and pivotal general... More

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Dawn Moore: Ottawa’s streets are still unsafe for sex workers

Dawn Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies. Below is a link to her Op-Ed, "Ottawa streets are still unsafe for sex workers", published by The Ottawa Citizen on February 8, 2013.... More

Friday, January 18, 2013

Christiane Wilke Releases New Journal Article

Remembering Complexity? Memorials for Nazi Victims in Berlin Christiane Wilke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Abstract How do memorials shape who we think we are? And how are our identities involved when we debate, create and interact with memorials? This article engages in a... More

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