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Michael Law-Smith

University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law

57 Louis Pasteur Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

Canada

University of Toronto - Department of Philosophy

170 St George Street

4th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M5R2M8

Canada

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

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465

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Scholarly Papers (5)

1.

The Tort of Malicious Prosecution: A Principled Account

69 McGill Law Journal 137 (2024)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2025
Michael Law-Smith
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
Downloads 139 (537,489)

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malicious prosecution, tort law, public office

2.

Perfecting Imperfect Duties Through Law

50 Journal of Legal Philosophy 139 (2025), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2025-19
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Oct 2025
Michael Law-Smith
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
Downloads 115 (649,907)

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imperfect duties, institutionalization, private law, public law

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Algorithmic Sentencing and Human Dignity

Criminal Justice Ethics (2026) [10.1080/0731129X.2026.2644706], Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2026-02
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Apr 2026 Last Revised: 29 May 2026
Michael Law-Smith
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
Downloads 82 (891,180)

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algorithmic sentencing, artificial intelligence, human dignity, normative reasoning, justification

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Mass Incarceration and Public Authority

Law and Philosophy, Volume 44, No. 6 (2025), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2025-20
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Oct 2025
Michael Law-Smith
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
Downloads 79 (852,604)

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mass incarceration, criminal justice system, punishment theory, public authority

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Criminal Trials and Truth

Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence (2026) [10.1017/cjlj.2026.10064], Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2026-06
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Apr 2026 Last Revised: 29 May 2026
Michael Law-Smith
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
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criminal trials, truth, side-constraints, pluralism, public justification