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David Szablowski

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Associate Professor
Law & Society (LASO)

Office: 728 Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 77814
Email: davidsz@yorku.ca


David Szablowski is an associate professor in law and society at York University. He teaches in the areas of globalization and the law, ethnography and human rights, legal pluralism, sociolegal theory, and sociolegal approaches to games studies. His main research interests concern the transnational governance of resource extraction and its implications for social and environmental justice. His work draws upon sociolegal, political ecology, and legal pluralist perspectives to develop a critical understanding of the roles played by diverse legal orders and institutions in the governance of extraction. He is a member of the Ontario bar.

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Degrees

PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
MA, University of Edinburgh

Research Interests

Governance , Globalization, Extractive Industries, Political Ecology, Legal pluralism
Books

Publication
Year

Transnational Law and Local Struggles: Mining, Communities and the World Bank. Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007. http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841136394

2007

Book Chapters

Publication
Year

“Who Defines Displacement? The Operation of the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement Policy” in P. Vandergeest, P. Idahosa, and P. Bose (eds.) Development’s Displacements. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2006. (revised version of JOBE article)

2006

“Developing Institutions for Corporate and Community Engagement in the Mining Sector” Community Rights and Corporate Responsibilities. Eds. T. Clark, L. North, and V. Patroni. Toronto: Between the Lines Publishing, 2006.

2006

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

“Re-empaquetando el CLPI: las conexiones globales y el debate sobre el consentimiento indi?gena para la extraccio?n industrial de recursos” Antropolo?gica 28 (2010): 217-238. http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/anthropologica/sites/revistas.pucp.edu.pe.anthropologica/files/9-anthropologica-28-suplemento-1-szablowski.pdf

2010

“Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 30.1-2 (2010): 111-130.

2010

“Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy” Development Policy Review 26.4 (2008): 483- 500 (co-authored with M. Marschke & P. Vandergeest).

2008

“John Willis and the Challenges for Public Law Scholarship in a Neoliberal, Globalizing World” (2005) 55 University of Toronto Law Journal 869. Special Issue: Administrative Law Today: Culture, Ideas, Institutions, Processes, Values. Essays in Honour of John Willis.

2005

“Mining, Displacement and the World Bank” Journal of Business Ethics 39.3 (2002): 247-273.

2002


David Szablowski is an associate professor in law and society at York University. He teaches in the areas of globalization and the law, ethnography and human rights, legal pluralism, sociolegal theory, and sociolegal approaches to games studies. His main research interests concern the transnational governance of resource extraction and its implications for social and environmental justice. His work draws upon sociolegal, political ecology, and legal pluralist perspectives to develop a critical understanding of the roles played by diverse legal orders and institutions in the governance of extraction. He is a member of the Ontario bar.

Degrees

PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
MA, University of Edinburgh

Research Interests

Governance , Globalization, Extractive Industries, Political Ecology, Legal pluralism

All Publications


Book Chapters

Publication
Year

“Who Defines Displacement? The Operation of the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement Policy” in P. Vandergeest, P. Idahosa, and P. Bose (eds.) Development’s Displacements. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2006. (revised version of JOBE article)

2006

“Developing Institutions for Corporate and Community Engagement in the Mining Sector” Community Rights and Corporate Responsibilities. Eds. T. Clark, L. North, and V. Patroni. Toronto: Between the Lines Publishing, 2006.

2006

Books

Publication
Year

Transnational Law and Local Struggles: Mining, Communities and the World Bank. Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007. http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841136394

2007

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

“Re-empaquetando el CLPI: las conexiones globales y el debate sobre el consentimiento indi?gena para la extraccio?n industrial de recursos” Antropolo?gica 28 (2010): 217-238. http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/anthropologica/sites/revistas.pucp.edu.pe.anthropologica/files/9-anthropologica-28-suplemento-1-szablowski.pdf

2010

“Operationalizing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry Sector? Examining the Challenges of a Negotiated Model of Justice” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 30.1-2 (2010): 111-130.

2010

“Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy” Development Policy Review 26.4 (2008): 483- 500 (co-authored with M. Marschke & P. Vandergeest).

2008

“John Willis and the Challenges for Public Law Scholarship in a Neoliberal, Globalizing World” (2005) 55 University of Toronto Law Journal 869. Special Issue: Administrative Law Today: Culture, Ideas, Institutions, Processes, Values. Essays in Honour of John Willis.

2005

“Mining, Displacement and the World Bank” Journal of Business Ethics 39.3 (2002): 247-273.

2002