
Ian Lee
78 Queen's Park
Education
Overview
Ian B. Lee clerked with Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé of the Supreme Court of Canada and Justice Mark MacGuigan of the Federal Court of Appeal, and later served as a legal researcher with the Privy Council Office. He practised with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in Paris, France, and New York, New York, before joining the Faculty of Law in 2003. He served as Associate Dean (JD Program) from 2012 to 2015. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of constitutional law, corporate law and European Union law. He has also taught at the University of Sydney Law School and at the University of Graz. Professor Lee is admitted to practice in Ontario and New York.
Areas of Interest
- Business Law
- Comparative Law
- Constitutional Law & Theory
Teaching
Fall Session
Full Year Session
Selected Publications
“Économie, travail et Constitution” in JurisClasseur Québec, coll. Droit public, Droit constitutionnel (LexisNexis, 2011-current). Publisher's web site.
"Corporate Criminal Responsibility as Team-member Responsibility," 31 (4) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 755-781 (2011). Full text available from Oxford Journals.
"Balancing and its Alternatives: Jurisprudential Choice, Federal Securities Legislation and the Trade and Commerce Power," (2011) 50 Canadian Business Law Journal 72-105. Pre-print available here.
“Citizenship and the Corporation” (2009) 34 Law & Social Inquiry 129-168. Full-text preprint available here.
"Can Economics Justify the Constitutional Guarantee of Freedom of Expression?" (2008) 21 Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 355-97. Full text available here.
"Implications of Sen's Concept of Commitment for the Economic Understanding of the Corporation" (2008) 21 Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 97. Full text available here.