David Szablowski

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.
Degrees
PhD, Osgoode Hall Law School, York UniversityLLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
MA, University of Edinburgh
Research Interests
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.
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (eds) (2019). Special Section: Contesting Extractive Governance: Power, Continuity and Change. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–732.
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (2019). Struggles over extractive governance: Power, discourse, violence, and legality. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–641.
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.
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.
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.
Marschke, M., Szablowski, D., & Vandergeest, P. (2008). Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy. Development Policy Review, 26(4), 483–500.
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 UniversityLLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
MA, University of Edinburgh
Research Interests
All Publications
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.
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (eds) (2019). Special Section: Contesting Extractive Governance: Power, Continuity and Change. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–732.
Szablowski, D., & Campbell, B. (2019). Struggles over extractive governance: Power, discourse, violence, and legality. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(3), 635–641.
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.
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.
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.
Marschke, M., Szablowski, D., & Vandergeest, P. (2008). Engaging Indigeneity in Development Policy. Development Policy Review, 26(4), 483–500.