Michael Mandel (law professor) explained

Birth Date:6 May 1948
Workplaces:Osgoode Hall Law School
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Mandel (May 6, 1948 – October 27, 2013)[1] was a Canadian legal academic, specializing in criminal law with a particular interest in criminal sentencing and legal theory.

He was the author of the 2005 book How America Gets Away With Murder.

Education

Mandel graduated from Osgoode with his LL.B. and the silver medal. Mandel also had a B.C.L. from Oxford,[2] [3] where he studied under the late renowned legal scholar Ronald Dworkin.

Career

Mandel was a part of Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty from 1974 until 2013.

In 1999, during the NATO bombing of Serbia, Mandel filed a formal complaint of NATO war crimes with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), charging 67 NATO leaders with war crimes. Mandel's submissions were dismissed by the tribunal. He was anti-war and suggested that US President George W. Bush be banned from entering Canada because of the American invasion of Iraq. He was also a critic of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and opposed Zionist settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.[4]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Legal scholar Michael Mandel stoked the fires of debate. Makin. Kirk. 2013-11-22. The Globe and Mail. 2019-05-10.
  2. Web site: Canada lost Prof. Michael Mandel (1948-2013) - Canadian Charger .
  3. Web site: Mandel, Michael, 1948-2013 . 2019-05-10 . York University Libraries' Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections.
  4. Michael Mandel "Israel's West Bank and Gaza Settlements are War Crimes in Canada", Canada - Palestine Supporrt Network, August 2004