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rdiab@tru.ca

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Prof Robert Diab

Associate Professor

Faculty of Law
Law

Summary

Criminal law, civil liberties, and human rights, including access to and use of digital material in criminal law, national security, police powers, sentencing, and legal theory.

Together with Professors Neudorf and Hunt, Robert is a founder and co-editor in chief of the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law.

Robert has also been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 2002, with practice experience in criminal and constitutional law. He currently teaches first-year criminal law and advanced criminal law in the upper year curriculum.

Expertise, interests and research

  Human Rights    Justice    Law    Policing    Technology

Languages

English

Quoted Articles

Counter-Terror Law Expert Robert Diab Interviewed
Compelling people to reveal their passwords is posing a challenge to police and courts
Big Fail: The internet hasn’t helped democracy


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