Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law

398 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2025

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Jena McGill

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Karen Drake

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

Kyle Kirkup

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law

Anne Levesque

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law

Joshua Sealy-Harrington

University of Windsor Faculty of Law

Date Written: October 01, 2025

Abstract

Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law is a groundbreaking. open-access collection of peer-reviewed chapters exploring pressing issues at the intersection of public law and critical theory. Contributors examine claims about citizenship, rights. and the role of the state in addressing historic and ongoing injustices. The collection foregrounds critical perspectives such as Indigenous legal orders. critical race theory, feminisms. queer theory, and disability theory, offering an interdisciplinary and contextual understanding of public law. By bridging traditional l egal scholarship and critical approaches. Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law reimagines public law as a discipline responsive to the diverse realities and urgent demands shaping Canada's legal and social landscape today.

Keywords: Public Law, Indigenous Legal Orders, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Legal Theory, Queer Legal Theory, Critical Disability Theory

Suggested Citation

McGill, Jena and Drake, Karen and Kirkup, Kyle and Levesque, Anne and Sealy-Harrington, Joshua, Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law (October 01, 2025). Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 5895562, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5895562 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5895562

Jena Mcgill

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, K1N 6N5
Canada

Karen Drake

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School ( email )

4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada

Kyle Kirkup

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada

HOME PAGE: http://www.kylekirkup.com

Anne Levesque

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada

Joshua Sealy-Harrington (Contact Author)

University of Windsor Faculty of Law ( email )

401 Sunset Ave, Windsor
Windsor, ON N9B 3P4
Canada

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