Webber, Jeremy
Jeremy Webber is Professor of Law at the University of Victoria, Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He held the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society and served as the Chair and Dean of Law. Prior to joining UVic, he was the Dean of Law at the University of Sydney, and Professor of Law at McGill University.
Jeremy Webber has written widely on constitutional law, Indigenous rights, federalism, cultural diversity, and constitutional theory in Canada and in relation to other countries (especially Australia). He is the author of Reimagining Canada: Language, Culture, Community and the Canadian Constitution (1994), The Constitution of Canada: A Contextual Analysis (2015), and Las gramáticas de la ley: Derecho, pluralismo y justicia (2017).
Research Interests: Constitutional law, Indigenous rights, Federalism, Cultural diversity, and Constitutional theory
Listing Details
| Institution: | University of Victoria |
| Fields of Expertise: | Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism Ethics and Political Philosophy Federalism and Territorial Politics Indigenous Politics Law and Legal Issues |
| Research groups: | Democracy/Populism/Nationalism |
| Email: | jwebber@uvic.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, French |
| Publications: | Commentator, Panel on “The Courts as Arbiters of Multilevel Governance,” Conference on “Comparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy Engagement across Complex Multilevel Systems, University of Victoria, 14-15 October 2011. “A Nationalism that is neither Chauvinistic nor Closed,” Seminar, Centre of Excellence in Foundations on European Law and Polity Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Finland, 22 September 2011. “Charters of Rights as Nation-Building Mechanisms: Reflections on Experience under the Canadian Charter,” workshop entitled “Lessons from Europe's and Canada's Constitutional Experiences,” RECON (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) workshop, ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, 20-21 March 2009. |
