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
Szablowski, D. (2007). Transnational Law and Local Struggles: Mining, Communities and the World Bank. Hart Publishing.
2007
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Szablowski, D. (2006). Developing Institutions for Corporate and Community Engagement in the Mining Sector. In T. Clark, L. North, & V. Patroni (Eds.), Community Rights and Corporate Responsibilities. Between the Lines Publishing.
2006
Szablowski, D. (2006). Who Defines Displacement? The Operation of the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement Policy. In P. Vandergeest, P. Idahosa, & P. Bose (Eds.), Development’s Displacements. UBC Press. (Updated/revised version of JOBE article).
2006
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Szablowski, D. (2024). Economic Diplomacy and Home State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Involving Extractive Industries Abroad: The Case of Canada. Business and Human Rights Journal, 321-327. Cambridge Core.
2024
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (eds) (2019). Special Section: Contesting Extractive Governance: Power, Continuity and Change. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–732.
2019
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (2019). Struggles over extractive governance: Power, discourse, violence, and legality. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–641.
2019
Szablowski, D. (2019). “Legal enclosure” and resource extraction: Territorial transformation through the enclosure of local and indigenous law. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 722–732.
2019
Szablowski, D. (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/Revue Canadienne d’études Du Développement, 30(1–2), 111–130.
2010
Szablowski, D. (2010). Re-empaquetando el CLPI: las conexiones globales y el debate sobre el consentimiento indígena para la extracción industrial de recursos. Anthropologica, 28, 217–238.
2010
Marschke, M., Szablowski, D., & Vandergeest, P. (2008). Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy. Development Policy Review, 26(4), 483–500.
2008
Szablowski, D. (2005). John Willis and the Challenges for Public Law Scholarship in a Neoliberal Globalizing World. Special Issue: Administrative Law Today: Culture, Ideas, Institutions, Processes, Values. Essays in Honour of John Willis. The University of Toronto Law Journal, 55(3), 869–886.
2005
Szablowski, D. (2002). Mining, Displacement and the World Bank: A Case Analysis of Compania Minera Antamina’s Operations in Peru. Journal of Business Ethics, 39(3), 247–273.
2002
Upcoming Courses
Term
Course Number
Section
Title
Type
Winter 2026
AP/SOSC3375 3.0
M
Socio-legal Theories
LECT
Fall 2025
GS/SLST6020 3.0
A
Legal Pluralism
SEMR
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
Szablowski, D. (2006). Developing Institutions for Corporate and Community Engagement in the Mining Sector. In T. Clark, L. North, & V. Patroni (Eds.), Community Rights and Corporate Responsibilities. Between the Lines Publishing.
2006
Szablowski, D. (2006). Who Defines Displacement? The Operation of the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement Policy. In P. Vandergeest, P. Idahosa, & P. Bose (Eds.), Development’s Displacements. UBC Press. (Updated/revised version of JOBE article).
2006
Books
Publication
Year
Szablowski, D. (2007). Transnational Law and Local Struggles: Mining, Communities and the World Bank. Hart Publishing.
2007
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Szablowski, D. (2024). Economic Diplomacy and Home State Responsibility for Human Rights Abuses Involving Extractive Industries Abroad: The Case of Canada. Business and Human Rights Journal, 321-327. Cambridge Core.
2024
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (eds) (2019). Special Section: Contesting Extractive Governance: Power, Continuity and Change. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–732.
2019
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (2019). Struggles over extractive governance: Power, discourse, violence, and legality. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–641.
2019
Szablowski, D. (2019). “Legal enclosure” and resource extraction: Territorial transformation through the enclosure of local and indigenous law. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 722–732.
2019
Szablowski, D. (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/Revue Canadienne d’études Du Développement, 30(1–2), 111–130.
2010
Szablowski, D. (2010). Re-empaquetando el CLPI: las conexiones globales y el debate sobre el consentimiento indígena para la extracción industrial de recursos. Anthropologica, 28, 217–238.
2010
Marschke, M., Szablowski, D., & Vandergeest, P. (2008). Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy. Development Policy Review, 26(4), 483–500.
2008
Szablowski, D. (2005). John Willis and the Challenges for Public Law Scholarship in a Neoliberal Globalizing World. Special Issue: Administrative Law Today: Culture, Ideas, Institutions, Processes, Values. Essays in Honour of John Willis. The University of Toronto Law Journal, 55(3), 869–886.
2005
Szablowski, D. (2002). Mining, Displacement and the World Bank: A Case Analysis of Compania Minera Antamina’s Operations in Peru. Journal of Business Ethics, 39(3), 247–273.
