Engagement with international law is notably absent in Canada’s legal past. It is likely, however, to be a momentous part of Canada’s legal future. It is the thesis of this book that a lack of basic international legal understanding on the part of lawyers and judges is no longer permissible in the integrated world in which we live, and that we must educate ourselves better if we are to manage that integration process in the interests of Canadian society. Accordingly, Using International Law in Canadian Courts sets out to provide Canadian practitioners and legal academics with a straightforward guide to using public international law in Canadian courts and tribunals.

Gib van Ert is a member of the British Columbia bar and practices civil litigation with Hunter Litigation Chambers in Vancouver. He holds a BA in history from McGill University, an MA in law from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and an LLM from the University of Toronto. He is a former law clerk to Madam Justice Prowse of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and to Justices Gonthier and Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada. He is the co-author of International Human Rights Law (Irwin Law, 2004) and Using International Law in Canadian Courts (Irwin Law, 2008). He has published numerous articles on international and constitutional topics.

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