Private Law

The law relating to legal actions available to private actors, including those available in the common law as well as from legislation creating private rights of action. Our researchers are involved in a variety of areas of private law, including family law, health law, property law, and contract law.

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Lorian Hardcastle

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Regulation and governance of the health care system, Liability and accountability of health facilities and government, Public health law and policy, Patient safety, Health system organization and finance, Comparative health policy, Self-regulation of health professionals

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Robert Hamilton

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Aboriginal Law, Property law, Legal history, Legal theory, Constitutional Law, Relationship between state and Indigenous legal orders
Nickie Nikolaou

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Taxation Law , Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Jonnette Watson Hamilton

Professor

Faculty of Law

Charter Equality Rights, Property Law & Theory, Access to Justice

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Jassmine Girgis

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Director and officer liability, Corporate restructuring law, Corporate law, Bankruptcy law, Contract law
Rudiger P. Tscherning

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law

Critical Infrastructure and Construction Law, Transportation of Energy and Commodities, Clean Energy - LNG, Hydrogen, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy - Offshore & Onshore Wind, Solar, Tidal/Marine Energy, The Conflict of Laws (Private International Law), Climate Adaptation of Critical Energy Infrastructure

(Webinar) Ready or not: The legal landscape for cannabis.

Professor Lorian Hardcastle reviews Canada's evolving legal landscape for cannabis, including consumption and possession restrictions, retail models and licensing, implications for landlord and tenant and food safety laws as they relate to edibles, and the fate of the existing medical cannabis regime.

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How much will legalized pot cost? Cannabis legalization and how it will affect our governments, our laws, and our way of life.

UCalgary researchers explore the social side of cannabis legislation, including policy, law, and on-campus life.

Bennett Jones Health Law Moot
Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competition

Books published by our researchers

Introduction to Health Law in Canada (2019)

Private Law

Our Researchers

Health Law

Property Law

Contracts, Torts, and Restitution

(Webinar) Ready or not: The legal landscape for cannabis.

How much will legalized pot cost? Cannabis legalization and how it will affect our governments, our laws, and our way of life.

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Books published by our researchers