Dwight Newman
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- School: University of Saskatchewan
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- Department: Law
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Saskatoon, SK - Dates at University of Saskatchewan: August 2006 - April 2007
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Biography
University of Saskatchewan - Law
Experience
University of Saskatchewan
Professor of Law & Canada Research Chair
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law.
University of Saskatchewan
Associate Dean of Law
Dwight worked at University of Saskatchewan as a Associate Dean of Law
University of Saskatchewan
Law Professor
Assistant Professor, 2005 to 2008; Associate Professor, 2008 to 2010; Full Professor 2010 onward
Teaching has included: Division of Powers, Charter of Rights, Conflict of Laws / Private International Law, International Criminal Law, Contracts, Theorizing Aboriginal Rights, Indigenous Rights and Resource Development
Major committees have included Biomedical Research Ethics Board (3-year term); University Review Committee (reviewing tenure and promotion cases from across university) (3-year term)Université de Montréal
Visiting Fellow, Faculte de Droit
Three-month visiting research fellowship
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Senior Fellow
Dwight worked at Macdonald-Laurier Institute as a Senior Fellow
Cambridge University Faculty of Law
Herbert Smith Visiting Scholar
On a three-month visiting scholar position at the Cambridge Faculty of Law
Princeton University
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University during my sabbatical year in 2015-16
Education
Hague Academy of International Law
Intensive Summer Course
Private International Law
In addition to main program, took Directed Studies Seminar in French on civil law approaches to private international law.University of Oxford
BCL, MPhil, DPhil
Law
St John's College BCL - Distinction (1st-class), HLA Hart Prize in Jurisprudence, Sir Roy Goode Prize MPhil - Distinction Rhodes Scholarship (2001-04) SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship & Taylor Prize as SSHRC's top doctoral studentUniversity of Saskatchewan
JD (Juris Doctor)
Law
Great Distinction, Law Society Gold MedalUniversity of Saskatchewan
Professor of Law & Canada Research Chair
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law.University of Saskatchewan
Associate Dean of Law
University of Saskatchewan
Law Professor
Assistant Professor, 2005 to 2008; Associate Professor, 2008 to 2010; Full Professor 2010 onward Teaching has included: Division of Powers, Charter of Rights, Conflict of Laws / Private International Law, International Criminal Law, Contracts, Theorizing Aboriginal Rights, Indigenous Rights and Resource Development Major committees have included Biomedical Research Ethics Board (3-year term); University Review Committee (reviewing tenure and promotion cases from across university) (3-year term)
Publications
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups
Hart Publishing, Oxford UK
This book presents a deep theoretical account of moral rights held by groups and how such rights are reconcilable with individual rights, focusing on such rights as Indigenous rights, rights held by religious communities, and rights held by linguistic-cultural communities.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups
Hart Publishing, Oxford UK
This book presents a deep theoretical account of moral rights held by groups and how such rights are reconcilable with individual rights, focusing on such rights as Indigenous rights, rights held by religious communities, and rights held by linguistic-cultural communities.
Revisiting the Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book is a significantly revised and expanded version of my 2009 book on the duty to consult. There has been massive new case law on the duty to consult doctrine, and this book engages with that case law and the doctrine's broader significance.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups
Hart Publishing, Oxford UK
This book presents a deep theoretical account of moral rights held by groups and how such rights are reconcilable with individual rights, focusing on such rights as Indigenous rights, rights held by religious communities, and rights held by linguistic-cultural communities.
Revisiting the Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book is a significantly revised and expanded version of my 2009 book on the duty to consult. There has been massive new case law on the duty to consult doctrine, and this book engages with that case law and the doctrine's broader significance.
Religious Freedom and Communities
LexisNexis
This book gathers the writings of some of Canada’s top legal minds for a fresh examination of religious freedom issues, focusing particularly on religious freedom claims by institutions and communities.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups
Hart Publishing, Oxford UK
This book presents a deep theoretical account of moral rights held by groups and how such rights are reconcilable with individual rights, focusing on such rights as Indigenous rights, rights held by religious communities, and rights held by linguistic-cultural communities.
Revisiting the Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book is a significantly revised and expanded version of my 2009 book on the duty to consult. There has been massive new case law on the duty to consult doctrine, and this book engages with that case law and the doctrine's broader significance.
Religious Freedom and Communities
LexisNexis
This book gathers the writings of some of Canada’s top legal minds for a fresh examination of religious freedom issues, focusing particularly on religious freedom claims by institutions and communities.
Halsbury's Laws of Canada: Charter of Rights
LexisNexis Canada
I wrote the Charter of Rights volume of this legal encyclopedia.
The Law of the Canadian Constitution, 1st edn.
LexisNexis Canada
This book is a comprehensive 900-page treatise on Canadian constitutional law. 2nd edn forthcoming in 2017.
The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book examines the duty to consult doctrine in Canadian law. It received a Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education in 2009. It has been cited in numerous judicial decisions, including three Supreme Court of Canada judgments. A second edition is scheduled for 2014.
Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups
Hart Publishing, Oxford UK
This book presents a deep theoretical account of moral rights held by groups and how such rights are reconcilable with individual rights, focusing on such rights as Indigenous rights, rights held by religious communities, and rights held by linguistic-cultural communities.
Revisiting the Duty to Consult Aboriginal Peoples
Purich Publishing
This book is a significantly revised and expanded version of my 2009 book on the duty to consult. There has been massive new case law on the duty to consult doctrine, and this book engages with that case law and the doctrine's broader significance.
Religious Freedom and Communities
LexisNexis
This book gathers the writings of some of Canada’s top legal minds for a fresh examination of religious freedom issues, focusing particularly on religious freedom claims by institutions and communities.
Halsbury's Laws of Canada: Charter of Rights
LexisNexis Canada
I wrote the Charter of Rights volume of this legal encyclopedia.
Natural Resource Jurisdiction in Canada
LexisNexis Canada
This book examines who has decision-making authority in relation to natural resource development in Canada, both in relation to the traditional federal-provincial division of powers questions and the impact of Aboriginal rights.
