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.
Michael Mandel | |
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| Born | May 6, 1948 |
| Died | October 27, 2013 (aged 65) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Osgoode Hall Law School |
He was the author of the 2005 book How America Gets Away With Murder.
Education
editMandel 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.[citation needed]
Career
editMandel was a part of Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty from 1974 until 2013.[citation needed]
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
edit- Michael Mandel, How America Gets Away with Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity, Pluto Press, 2004 (ISBN 0745321518)
- Michael Mandel, Charter of Rights and The Legalization of Politics in Canada: Revised, Updated and Expanded, Thompson Educational Publishing, 1994 (ISBN 1550770500)
References
edit- ^ Makin, Kirk (2013-11-22). "Legal scholar Michael Mandel stoked the fires of debate". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "Canada lost Prof. Michael Mandel (1948-2013) - Canadian Charger".
- ^ "Mandel, Michael, 1948-2013". York University Libraries' Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ Michael Mandel "Israel's West Bank and Gaza Settlements are War Crimes in Canada", Canada - Palestine Supporrt Network, August 2004