Commentary on the Canada-Saudi Arms Deal has honed in on its foreign policy and political economy elements. I embark from that literature to tackle one intersectional area that finds its roots in American legal circles, but remains nascent in Canada. Private tort claims can serve as a basis for...

After the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, Canadian courts can, in theory, apply customary international law (CIL) to private corporate actors for the purposes of a transnational tort claim pursuant to allegations related to human rights and/or...

The Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) activism over the past decade within post-apartheid South African society has served as a successful example of the promotion of social change in order to combat the HIV epidemic. In this paper, I analyze TAC’s advocacy methods in light of Lucie...