Public interest advocacy

8 Pages·1992·0.3 MB·English

by  Coombe, Rosemary

PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY
(402S)
Professor Rosemary J. Coombe*
FALL 1992
FACULTY OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
FOR THE CLASSROOM USE OF
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
STUDENTS ONLY
*With the assistance of Karen Clark
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PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY
(402S)
Professor Rosemary J. Coombe*
FALL 1992
FACULTY OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
FOR THE CLASSROOM USE OF
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
STUDENTS ONLY
*With the assistance of Karen Clark
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PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY
(402S)
Fall 1992
Professor Rosemary J. Coombe
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week One: Lawyering in the Public Interest
David Luban, Lawyers and Justice: An
Ethical Study ............... . . 1
Gerald N. Rosenberq, The Hollow Hope:
Can Courts Brinq About Social Chanqe? . . . . .18
Week Two: Visions of Lawyering
William Simon, "The Ideology of
Advocacy: Procedural Justice and
Professional Ethics". .... . . .29
Michael Fox, "Some Rules for
Community Lawyers", ...... . . .89
William Simon, "Visions of Practice
in Legal Thought" ........ . . .96
Week Three: Sources of SuoDort for Public Interest Advocacy
"Ontario Intervenor Funding Law to be
Reviewed by Law Professors" ........ . 117
Excerpts from Access and Impact: An
Evaluation of the Intervenor Fundinq
Project Act, 1988: A Report to the
Ontario Ministries of the Attorney
General, Enerqv and Environment ...... . 118
Intervenor Funding Project Act, 1988. . . . . 171
June Ross, "Canadian Council of
Churches v.The Queen: "Public Interest
Standing Takes a Back Seat" . . 175
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Week Four: The Public Policy Development Process I
Materials on the organization of the
Ontario Government and its procedures,
(handout).
Week Five: The Public Policy Development Process II
David Rayside, "Gay Rights and Family
Values: The Passage of Bill 7
in Ontario" ................. 179
"WE COUNT: Lesbians, Gay Men, and
Employment Equity". ............. 199
John D. Gregory, "Memorandum re:
Consultation" ................ 215
Week Six: Public Interest Advocacy; The Environment
"Green Lawyers: Is It Possible?". ...... 221
Andrew Roman & Mart Pikkov, "Public
Interest Litigation in Canada" in
Into the Future: Law & Policy for
the 1990s .................. 223
David Lees, "Street Fight". ......... 233
Rick Lindgren, "Sweet Smell of Success
over Landfill". ............... 235
CELA ANNUAL REPORT (1991) .......... 237
Week Seven Public Interest Advocacy: The Disabled
Rosalie Abella, Report of the Study
into Access to Legal Services by the
Disabled. .................. 251
Carla McKague, "Jenny's Story"
University of Toronto Feminism and Law
Workshop Series Paper (WS91-92(3) ...... 274
Optional: Martha Minow, "Making a Difference",
and "The Dilemma of Difference" in
Making All the Difference: Inclusion,
Exclusion, and American Law (edited). .... 285
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Week Eight: Public Interest Advocacy: Poverty and Political
Disadvantage: The Social Charter Movement
Havi Echenberg and Bruce Porter,
"Poverty Stops Equality: Equality
Stops Poverty: The Case for Social
and Economic Rights". ..... . 329
Bruce Porter, "Social and Economic
Rights and Citizenship".. 338
Draft Social Charter. ............ 352
Nedelsky and Scott, "Constitutional Dialogue"
(Manuscript handout)
Optional: Rebecca Arbogast, et^ aJL, "Revitali¬
zing Public Interest Lawyering in the
1990's: The Story of One Effort to
Address the Problem of Homelessness". .... 362
Week Nine: Public Interest Advocacy: Refugees and Immigration
Issues
Felicite Stairs arid Lori Pope, "No
Place Like Home: Assaulted Migrant
Women's Claims to Refugee Status and
Landings on Humanitarian and Compas¬
sionate Grounds". ......... . . 375
Week Ten: Government Intervention
from Annual Report of the Ontario Human
Rights Commission (1990-91) "Chief
Commissioner's Remarks", "Accommodating
Special Needs", "Discrimination in the
Basis of Race", "Equity Programs", "Sex
Discrimination and Sexual Harrassment",
"Special Interest Groups", "Employment
Agencies", "Benefits for Same-Sex
Partners", "Discrimination in Housing",
"Legal Services". . . 415
"Revitalized Human Rights Commission:
'Human Rights Ontario'" from Achieving
Eouality: A Report on Human Rights
Reform. ........ . . . .
Robert Miles, "On Signification". . . . 444
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Stephen Lewis, Report to the Premier of
Ontario on Race Relations (June 9, 1992)
(to be handed out)
Optional Kristin Bumiller, Victims in the Shadow of
the Law. ................. .465
Week Eleven: The Public Interest in Private Practice
Robert Kagan and Robert Eli Rosen, "On
the Social Significance of Large Law
Firm Practice". .............. . 475
Rick Abel, "Law Without Politics:
Legal Aid Under Advanced Capitalism". . . . . 498
S. Razack, Canadian Feminism and the
Law: LEAF and the Pursuit of Equality . . . . 513
S. Razack, "Speaking for Ourselves:
Feminist Jurisprudence and Minority
V/ o iii c n ...... ...... ....... . 560
Ronald Manes, "Affordable Legal Advice
for NonProfit Organizations". ....... . 570
Week Twelve: Presentations
Week Thirteen: The Education of Lawyers.
The Law School and the Public Interest
Gerald Lopez, "Training Future Lawyers
to Work with the Politically and
Socially Subordinated: Anti-Generic
Legal Education". ............. . 573
NAPIL -- Description of Organization
and Services: THE NAPIL CONNECTION
(excerpts from January, March, July
and November 1991); NAPIL Connection
Close-Up: "Public Service Scholarship
Programs", Loan Repayment Assistance
Plans" .................. . 614
Description of the University of
Toronto Faculty of Law Summer Fellow¬
ship Programme in Public Interest
Advocacy; Excerpts from public
interest group comments on the
Programme; List of Participating
organizations to date (and all those
who will be approached) (handout)