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Schulich School of Law

Robert J. Currie, KC

Professor of Law; Viscount Bennett Professor of Law

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Schulich School of Law , Law & Technology Institute

Email: robert.currie@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1012
Mailing Address: 
Room 435, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Transnational criminal law
  • International criminal law
  • Social media law
  • International litigation
  • International law
  • Cyberbullying
  • Evidence
  • Extradition
  • Civil procedure
  • Criminal law

Education

  • BA Hons (St FX)
  • MA (Carleton)
  • LLB (果酱视频)
  • LLM (Edinburgh)

Bar admissions

  • Nova Scotia, 2000

Teaching

  • International Law ()
  • Evidence ()
  • Jessup Moot ()
  • International Criminal Law ()
  • Comparative Criminal Law, (LAWS 2009)

Research interests

Professor Currie is a specialist in the area of international and transnational criminal law, and he teaches a seminar course in this subject. His 2010 book, , was shortlisted for the Walter Owen Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Literature in 2011. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and comments in this field聽and his work is regularly cited by Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Selected awards & honours

  • 2008 - 果酱视频 Law Students鈥� Society and Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching

Selected publications

  • Robert J. Currie, 鈥溾�� (2021) 44:6 Manitoba Law Journal 1
  • Robert J Currie & Joseph Rikhof, , 3rd ed (Toronto: Irwin, 2020)
  • Robert J. Currie, 鈥淓xtradition鈥� in Joel E. Pink & David C. Perrier, eds, From Crime to Punishment, 9th ed (Toronto: Carswell, 2020)
  • Robert J. Currie, 鈥淐ross-Border Evidence Gathering in Transnational Crime Cases: Is the Microsoft Ireland Case the 鈥楴ext Frontier鈥�?鈥� [2016] 54 Canadian Yearbook of International Law 63
  • Robert J. Currie, 鈥淓lectronic Devices at the Border: The Next Frontier of Canadian Search and Seizure Law?鈥� (2016) 14 Canadian Journal of Law & Technology 289
  • Robert J. Currie & N. Boister, eds, (London: Routledge, 2015).
  • S. Coughlan et al, (Toronto: Irwin, 2014).
  • Robert J. Currie, "The Evolution of the Law of Evidence: Plus 脟a Change鈥�?鈥� (2011) 15 Can Crim L Rev 213.
  • Robert J. Currie & T. Scassa, "New First Principles? Assessing the Internet鈥檚 Challenges to Jurisdiction鈥� (2011) 42 Geo J Int'l L 1017.

Service & activity

  • Coach of the Schulich School of Law鈥檚 Jessup Moot team
  • Director of the Law and Technology Institute 2010-2017
  • Member, Board of Directors, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law (ISRCL)
  • Faculty Associate of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute
  • Member of the Faculty for the Federation of Law Societies鈥� National Criminal Law Program
  • Vice-President and a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
  • Member of the Executive Board of the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL)