HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3495
Robert Currie
B.A. (Hons.) (St. F.X.), M.A. (Carleton), LL.B. (Dal), LL.M. (Edinburgh).
Associate Professor
Telephone: (902) 494-1012
E-mail: robert.currie@dal.ca
Associate Professor Robert Currie, of the Nova Scotia Bar, was formerly a civil litigator with McInnes Cooper (Halifax). He has been teaching at the Schulich School of Law on a part-time or full-time basis since 2001. He is a specialist in public international law, particularly international criminal law, and his work focuses on the penal and liability aspects of international environmental law and the law of the sea. He acts as a legal consultant on a regular basis, and has published widely.
Teaching areas:
Evidence, Tort Law, Civil Procedure, International Criminal Law
Selected recent publications:
- H. Kindred and P. Saunders (General Eds.),International Law, Chiefly As Interpreted and Applied in Canada, 7th ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2006) (co-author)
- “Regulatory and Medico-Legal Barriers to Interprofessional Practice" (2005)19 (Supp. 1) Journal of Interprofessional Care 197 (w/ Bill Lahey)
- “The Contextualized Court: Litigating 'Culture' in Canada" (2005) 9International Journal of Evidence & Proof 73.
- “Charter Without Borders? The Supreme Court of Canada, Transnational Crime and Constitutional Rights and Freedoms” (2004) 27 Dalhousie Law Journal 235
- "Of Neighbours and Netizens, Or, Duty of Care in the Tech Age: A Comment on Cooper v. Hobart" (2004) 3:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 81.
- “Search Warrants Under the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act” (2003), 12 C.R. (6th) 276
- "The Poop Factor: Acquired Rights and Legal Non-Conforming Uses After St-Romuald" (2003), 36 M.P.L.R. (3d) 190
Research interests:
Trans-National Co-operation in Criminal Matters, International Criminal Law, Public International Law, Evidence, Municipal Law, Torts
Courses: