Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School -
York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 55867
bberger@osgoode.yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Law and religion
- Criminal and constitutional law and theory
- The law of evidence
- Canadian legal history
- Judgement and the judiciary
- Canadian charter of rights and freedoms
For more information go to
Osgoode Hall Law School Profile
Toronto Star - Should judges mix courts with religion?
CBC News - Powers of border agents and police differ
Globe and Mail - Supreme court rules that law cutting access to early day parole is unconstitutional
Globe and Mail Article - Police need judge's specific permission to search computers, Supreme Court rules
Global News - What rules must police follow to search a cellphone during arrest?
Global News - What’s the best way to regulate prostitution in Canada?
YouTube - "Simply a constitutional legal question"? Law, Religion and the Modern State
CBC News - Grieving family trying to ban 'victim blaming' murder defence
National Post - Is being a vegan a human right? Advocates claim protection under new Ontario policy, but that wasn’t the point
The Globe and Mail - Supreme Court rules police can swab a suspected rapist without a warrant
Awards
Osgoode Hall Teaching Award - 2013
Osgoode Hall Law School
Terry J. Wuester Teaching Awwards - 2011
University of Victoria
Canadian Association of Law Teachers Scholarly Paper Awards - 2010
Canadian Association of Law Teachers
Affiliations
Law Society of British Columbia
Barrister and Solicitor
Law Society of Upper Canada
Barrister and Solicitor
Justice Studies Centre for the Americas
Vice President
Constitutional Systems of the World
Series Editor
College of the Royal Society of Canada
Member, Member-at-Large of College Council
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