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Biography

Evan Fox-Decent teaches and publishes in legal theory, political theory, private law, public law, and international law. He was named Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice in October 2019.

In 2012, Professor Fox-Decent's book,听, was shortlisted by the Canadian Political Science Association for its tenth C.B. Macpherson Prize for best book published in English or French related to political theory.

In 2016, he published a monograph with Evan J. Criddle on (OUP, 2016), and in 2018, he co-edited a book on (CUP, 2018).

Professor Fox-Decent is happy to supervise students working on legal theory, issues at the intersection of legal theory and political theory or听philosophy, or early modern legal history. He is currently working on a SSHRC-supported project, The Cosmopolitan Justice of International Law.

Education

• PhD in Philosophy, 2004, University of Toronto (1995-1996, 1999-2004) (Dissertation: 鈥�Sovereignty鈥檚 Promise: The State as Fiduciary鈥�)
• Juris Doctor, 2000 (with honours), University of Toronto (1994-1996, 1999-2000)
• Master of Arts (with distinction), University of Manitoba (1991-1993) (Thesis: 鈥�Anarchal Egalitarianism: Happiness, Equality and a Denial of Self-Ownership鈥�)
• Pre-Master of Arts, 1991, University of Manitoba (1990-1991)
• Bachelor of Arts (Dean鈥檚 Honour List), University of Manitoba (1985-1987, 1989-1990)

Career

• Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice, October 2019 - September 2026
• Visiting Researcher,听Center for Global Constitutionalism, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Winter/Spring 2019
• Full Professor, 海角社区, Faculty of Law, 2017-
• Associate Professor, 海角社区, Faculty of Law, 2011-2017
• Assistant Professor, 海角社区, Faculty of Law, 2005-2011
• SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellow, 海角社区, Faculty of Law, 2003-2005
• University Instructorships, University of Toronto, Dept. of Philosophy, 2000-2002
• United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), Human Rights Observer and Project Officer, 1996-1999
• University Instructorships, University of Manitoba, Dept. of Philosophy, 1991-1995

Areas of Interest

Legal and political theory, the rule of law, administrative law, the law of fiduciaries, First Nations and the law, human rights.

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

鈥淢andatory Multilateralism鈥� 113 (2) American Journal of International Law (forthcoming, 2019) (with Evan J. Criddle).
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鈥�Dunsmuir and Jurisdiction鈥� (2018) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practise: Special Issue 鈥� A Decade of Dunsmuir: 71-74 (with Alexander Pless).
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"The Authority of Human Rights鈥� (2017) 67 University of Toronto Law Journal: 596鈥�622.
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鈥淪overeignty as Trusteeship and Indigenous Peoples鈥� (2015) 16 Theoretical Inquiries in Law: 507-533 (with Ian Dahlman).
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鈥淗uman Rights, Emergencies and the Rule of Law鈥� (2012) 34 Human Rights Quarterly: 39-87 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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鈥淐ontextual Constitutionalism after the UK Human Rights Act 1998鈥� (2012) 61 University of Toronto Law Journal: 133-150.
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鈥淚nterest Balancing vs. Fiduciary Duty: Two Models for National Security Law鈥� (2012) 13(5) German Law Journal: 542-559 (with Evan J. Criddle) (ESIL Special Issue: Ruptures in International Law).
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"Democratizing Common Law Constitutionalism" (2010) 55 海角社区 Law Journal: 511 - 536.
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"The Fiduciary Constitution of Human Rights" (2010) 15(4) Legal Theory 301 - 336 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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"A Fiduciary Theory of Jus Cogens" (2009) 34 Yale Journal of International Law 331 - 387 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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"Is the Rule of Law Really Indifferent to Human Rights?" (2008) 27(6) Law and Philosophy 533 - 581.
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"Rethinking the Relationship Between International and Domestic Law" (2008) 53(4) 海角社区 Law Journal 573 - 648 (with Armand de Mestral).
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"Parliamentary Privilege and the Rule of Law" (2007) 20(2) Cdn. Journal of Admin. Law & Practice 117-140.
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"Fashioning Legal Authority from Power: The Crown-Native Fiduciary Relationship" (2006) 4 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 91 鈥� 116.
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鈥淭he Fiduciary Nature of State Legal Authority鈥� (2005) 31 Queen鈥檚 Law Journal 259 鈥� 310.
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鈥淩ethinking the Process/Substance Distinction: Baker v. Canada鈥� (2001) 51 University of Toronto Law Journal 193-242 (with David Dyzenhaus).
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鈥淪uresh and Canada鈥檚 Legal Obligations regarding Torture鈥� (2001) 12 National Journal of Constitutional Law 425-447.
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鈥淲hy self-ownership is prescriptively impotent鈥� (1998) 32 Journal of Value Inquiry 489-506.
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Books and monographs

, Evan J. Criddle,听Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew S. Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul B. Miller eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) 13 chapters; 342 pages.

(Oxford University Press, 2016) (with Evan Criddle) 8 chapters; 392 pages.
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Sovereignty鈥檚 Promise: The State as Fiduciary (Oxford Constitutional Theory series, Oxford University Press, 2012) 10 chapters; 305 pages.
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Articles/chapters in books and monographs

鈥淭rust and Authority鈥� in Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics and Law, Matthew Harding & Paul Miller eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2019).

鈥淛urisprudential Reflections on Cosmopolitan Law鈥� in The Double-Facing Constitution, Jacco Bomhoff, David Dyzenhaus, & Tom Poole eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2019).
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鈥淭he Constitution of Equity鈥� in Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Equity, Dennis Klimchuk, Irit Samet & Henry Smith eds. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2019).

鈥淣ew Frontiers in Public Fiduciary Law鈥� in Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, Evan J Criddle, Paul B Miller, Robert Sitkoff eds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2019) 909-924.
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鈥淒agan & Dorfman鈥檚 Jus Gentium Privatum鈥� (2018) 51 Cornell International Law Journal 112-118.
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鈥淔iduciary Government: Provenance, Promise, and Pitfalls鈥� in Fiduciary Government, Evan Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul Miller eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) 5-20 (with Evan J. Criddle, et al).
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鈥淕uardians of Legal Order: The Dual Commissions of Public Fiduciaries鈥� in Fiduciary Government, Evan Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul Miller eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)听67-95听(with Evan J. Criddle).
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鈥淐hallenges to Public Fiduciary Theory: An Assessment鈥� in , Andrew Gold & Gordon Smith, eds. (Elgar Press, 2018) 379-400.
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鈥淭he Charter and Administrative Law Part I: Procedural Fairness鈥� in Administrative Law in Context: 3rd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2017) 237-252 (with Alexander Pless).
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鈥淭he Charter and Administrative Law Part II: Substantive Review鈥� in Administrative Law in Context: 3rd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2017)听507-528听(with Alexander Pless)
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鈥淜eeping the Promise of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply to Leib and Galoob鈥� (2016) 126 Yale Law Journal Forum: 192-215 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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鈥淐onstitutional Legitimacy Unbound鈥� in Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law, David Dyzenhaus & Malcolm Thorburn eds. (Oxford University Press, 2016) (in press): 119-140.
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鈥淔iduciary Authority and the Service Conception鈥� in Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law,听Andrew Gold and Paul Miller eds. (Oxford: OUP, 2014): 363 鈥� 387..
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鈥淯nseating Unilateralism鈥� in Private Law and the Rule of Law, Lisa Austin & Dennis Klimchuk eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014): 116 鈥� 138.
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鈥淭he Charter and Administrative Law: Cross-Fertilisation or Inconstancy?鈥� in Administrative Law in Context: 2nd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2013) (with Alexander Pless).
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鈥淗obbes鈥檚 Relational Theory: Beneath Power and Consent鈥� in Hobbes and the Law, David Dyzenhaus & Tom Poole eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012): 118-144.
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鈥淔rom Fiduciary States to Joint Trusteeship of the Atmosphere: The Right to a Healthy Environment through a Fiduciary Prism鈥� in Fiduciary States and the Atmospheric Trust, Ken Coghill, Tim Smith & Charles Sampford eds. (Ashgate Publishing, 2012): 253-268.
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"The Charter and Administrative Law: Cross-Fertilization in Public Law" in Administrative Law in Context, C. Flood & L. Sossin eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008) 169 - 195.
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鈥淚mplementation and Reception: The Congeniality of Canada鈥檚 Legal Order to International Law鈥� in The Globalized Rule of Law: Relationships between International and Domestic Law, Oonagh Fitzgerald, et. al. eds. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2006) 31 鈥� 83 (with Armand de Mestral).
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鈥淭he Internal Morality of Administration: The Form and Structure of Reasonableness鈥� in The Unity of Public Law, David Dyzenhaus ed., (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004) 143-171.
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鈥淐onstitutional Protection of Indigenous Rights in Canada: Reconciling State Sovereignty with the Pre-existence of Distinctive Aboriginal Societies鈥� in Administraci贸n de Justicia y Pueblos Ind铆genas en la Perspectiva del Derecho Intercultural, Adriana Lander Os铆o ed., (Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela Press, 2003) 73-103.

Reviews

鈥淩eview of Marc Ribeiro, Limiting Arbitrary Power: The Vagueness Doctrine in Canadian Constitutional Law鈥� Queen鈥檚 Law Journal (2005) 30 Queen鈥檚 Law Journal 923 鈥� 37.
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Other papers and publications

"Deriving Peremptory Norms from Sovereignty" (2009) Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. (with Evan J. Criddle).
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鈥淚ndigenous Peoples and Human Dignity鈥� in Dignity: A Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups, F. M茅gret & F. Hoffman eds. (Agenda for Human Rights: a Swiss Initiative, 2009): 36 鈥� 48.
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鈥淧arliamentary Privilege, the Charter and the Rule of Law after the Vaid Case鈥�(2007) 20(3) Canadian Parliamentary Review: 27-35. (A revised and abridged version of 鈥淧arliamentary Privilege and the Rule of Law鈥� (2007) (20)(2) CJALP.)
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鈥淧rograma Andino de Derechos Humanos y Democracia: Final Evaluation Report鈥� (Utrecht, the Netherlands: Human European Consultancy, 2006) 176 pages (with Christiane Tuijtelaars and Hilde Hey).