Ed Morgan (professor)

Edward M. "Ed" Morgan
Nationality Canadian
Education Northwestern University (B.A.; 1976); University of Toronto (LL.B.; 1984); Harvard Law School (LL.M.; 1986).[1]
Employer The University of Toronto
Notable work The Aesthetics of International Law (U. Toronto Press, 2007)
Title Professor of International Law

Edward M. "Ed" Morgan (born January 3, 1955)[2] is a former professor of international law at the University of Toronto. He was appointed as a trial judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 2012.

Education

Morgan attended Northwestern University (B.A.; 1976), the University of Toronto (LL.B.; 1984), and Harvard Law School (LL.M.; 1986).[1]

Career

He was a law clerk to Madam Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984-85.[1]

Morgan taught public international law, private international law, and international criminal law.[1]

He started teaching in 1986, and from 1989-97 practised at Davies, Ward & Beck in Toronto.[3]

Views

In July 2008, he commented on a lawsuit wherein a Canadian firm had contracted to build apartments in Modi'in Illit was being accused of violating international law, which states that permanent settlements is not permitted in occupied territories. He said there while the move was "imaginative", there were obstacles in the case that might prevent it from prevailing.[4] For example, the Geneva Convention was intended to apply to countries, and not to companies.[4][5]

In December 2008, commenting on a suggested House of Commons committee review of the position of governor general, he noted that it would require amending Canada's Constitution. He said: "In Canada, the idea of tinkering with the Constitution is a tinderbox.[6] It would have to be a really strong public sentiment to start the process for a constitutional amendment."[6]

Commenting in September 2009 on efforts by Canadian tax officials to press Swiss bank UBS for details of Canadians who might be using UBS accounts to evade taxes, he said "They can go to court to try to compel UBS to disgorge names of Canadian taxpayers that have accounts there, but I'd say it's a toss-up as to whether they'd get that court order. It remains to be seen whether the courts think that banks are obliged to give up information about taxpayers that the taxpayers won't, on our voluntary disclosure system, give up."[7]

When in February 2010 Toronto school trustee Josh Matlow refused to apologize for criticizing the school board's decision to spend $345,000 on a one-day professional development conference, he said: "I think Matlow is doing exactly what we want school trustees to do. He's speaking his mind and speaking in criticism of board decisions. That's why we elect independent thinkers."[8][9]

Select works

Books

Editor

Articles

Select constitutional and international law cases

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "University of Toronto - Faculty of Law: Faculty Pages". Law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  2. Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory 1. Martindale-Hubbell. 1992. p. 1991.
  3. http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/law/news/2010/edmorgan.pdf
  4. 1 2 "Palestinians ask Canadian Court to stop settlement construction". Jpost.com. July 9, 2004. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  5. "Canadian condo project condemned as war crime by Palestinians". Vancouversun.com. June 20, 2009. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Spencer, Christina (December 7, 2008). "Canada's fate in her hands | Canada | News". Toronto Sun. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  7. "ANALYSIS-Canada seen weak, uncommitted in UBS case". News.alibaba.com. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  8. Rushowy, Kristin (February 9, 2010). "Trustee facing board's censure". Toronto: thestar.com. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  9. "Toronto school board to consider public censure for Trustee Josh Matlow". Parentcentral.ca. February 8, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  10. "The German Law Journal". The German Law Journal. February 1, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2010.

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Preceded by
Keith M. Landy
President of the Canadian Jewish Congress
2004-2007
Succeeded by
Reuven Bulka and Sylvain Abitbol
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