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David Szablowski

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Department of Social Science

Associate Professor
Law & Society (LASO)

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

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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

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


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.

2002