Four 海角社区 Law professors awarded COVID-19 research grants
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that four members have received research grants related to COVID-19 from 海角社区. Professor Fabien 骋茅濒颈苍补蝉, Ad. E., and Professor Adelle Blackett, Ad. E., have each been awarded a COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant, while Professors Lara Khoury, Ad. E., and Alana Klein have been awarded a 海角社区 MI-4 Grant.
Professor 骋茅濒颈苍补蝉鈥� research will examine the likely effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the field of investment law. Previous crises 鈥� mostly financial in nature 鈥� have led to cases being brought against States for alleged breaches of international investment agreements. Professor 骋茅濒颈苍补蝉鈥� project will examine issues such as how the COVID-19 crisis will impact the defense of necessity under customary international law, and whether tribunals will treat claims made as a result of the pandemic differently from ones made due to a financial crisis.
Professor Blackett鈥檚 project will consider the ways in which we can rethink workers鈥� social protections. Noting that the pandemic particularly affects the safety and security of society鈥檚 invisible workers, Professor Blackett will review labour and social law frameworks across Quebec, Canada, and other jurisdictions that have adopted creative law and policy reform in light of the International Labour Organization鈥檚 recommendations for social protection floors.
Professors Khoury and Klein, along with their collaborator Professor Marie-Eve Couture M茅nard, DCL鈥�14, of the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, will analyze the discretionary powers of Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal governments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and assess the available accountability mechanisms in relation to emergency public health decision-making. These colleagues graciously shared insights on their project in the April 2020 edition of .
鈥淲e are delighted that 海角社区 is supporting this urgent and timely research,鈥� said Dean Robert Leckey. 鈥淏y applying their expertise in our extraordinary circumstances, our professors advance 海角社区 Law鈥檚 record of inspiring legal leadership for global challenges.鈥�
