Adam Dodek – författare

What options did Paul Bernardo's lawyer have when his client directed him to retrieve hidden evidence? Where would David Milgaard be today if a lawyer hadn't doggedly challenged his murder conviction? And what should a defence lawyer do when told her client is a danger to the public?In this equally inspiring and troubling book, leading Canadian legal academics and practising lawyers draw on real-life stories – case studies, biography, and memoir – to examine the tension between ethics and the law. Whether re-examining high-profile cases, celebrating barristers who tore down barriers, or pointing out current injustices within the justice system, their stories are compelling and raise important questions about what it means to be a "good" lawyer.

In 1973, three young lawyers established Heenan Blaikie. It would become one of Canada's highest-profile law firms, counting former prime ministers, premiers, and Supreme Court justices in its ranks. It was like a family, according to many who worked there. But it was a dysfunctional family. In 2014, the firm's dramatic collapse became front-page news.Based on extensive interviews with firm lawyers and legal industry insiders, Heenan Blaikie is the story of a respected law firm that ultimately buckled under weak governance and management. Heenan Blaikie seemed to punch above its weight: bilingual, humane, national with international aspirations. But beneath its unique culture as a kinder, gentler law firm lay workplace bullying, challenges for women and visible minority lawyers, and sexual harassment.Adam Dodek, an unbiased outsider, situates the firm's evolution within the context of a changing legal profession and society, producing an account that is gripping from beginning to end.

Behind every great constitutional case, there is a person with a fascinating story.The Supreme Court decides some of the biggest issues in Canadian society: Do Canadians have the right to assisted suicide? Can the government outlaw sex work? Behind every one of these cases are heroes, villains, crusaders, or passengers.We admire heroes and we disdain villains for their views or for things they have done. Whether someone is a hero or a villain is all a matter of perspective. Some are crusaders, people who campaign for a cause and set out to change other people’s views and make broader social change. Terri-Lynn Bedford was a crusader for the rights of sex workers and Harry Daniels was a crusader for Métis rights.Most of the people behind the biggest legal decisions are not crusaders, they weren’t trying to champion a cause, they were just trying to achieve a narrow result that ended up being much bigger than themselves. They were along for the ride — often a long and convoluted one — in the Canadian justice system.

Regulating Judges presents a novel approach to judicial studies. It goes beyond the traditional clash of judicial independence versus judicial accountability. Drawing on regulatory theory, Devlin and Dodek argue that judicial regulation is multi-faceted and requires us to consider the complex interplay of values, institutional norms, procedures, resources and outcomes. Inspired by this conceptual framework, the book invites scholars from 19 jurisdictions to describe and critique the regulatory regimes for a variety of countries from around the world. This innovative and provocative analysis of the many different ways that judiciaries around the world are regulated covers common law, civil law and other legal systems, and the developed and developing world. Contributors include a diverse talent pool of established scholars and new voices for a globally inclusive comparative examination of judiciaries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia. The overall conclusion is that the regulation of judges is very much a work in progress, and that a variety of actors bear responsibility for moving the project forward.Scholars in the fields of law, social sciences, regulation theory, and public administration will find Regulating Judges an impactful read, as will regulators, public policy makers and analysts, and judges themselves.Contributors include: D. Aksamovic, G. Appleby, R.W. Campbell, K.-W. Chan, H. Corder, S.M.R. Cravens, T. Dare, R. Devlin, F. Dias Simoes, A. Dodek, M. Fabri, D. Fennelly, G. Gee, R. Goldstone , M.A. Jardim de Santa Cruz Oliveira, F. Klass, S. Le Mire, J.L. Neo, T.G. Puthucherril, A. Trochev, H. Whalen-Bridge, C. Wolf, F. Yulin, L. Zer-Gutman

La Constitution canadienne est un livre introductif sur la loi suprême du pays.La Constitution canadienne rend la loi suprême du pays plus facilement accessible aux lecteurs. Le livre comprend des commentaires visant à expliquer le sens des dispositions des lois constitutionnelles de 1867 et de 1982, un glossaire des termes clés, une brève histoire de la Constitution et une chronologie des événements marquants. De plus, La Constitution canadienne explique le fonctionnement de la Cour suprême du Canada et présente les acteurs et les enjeux liés aux plus importantes décisions constitutionnelles.Yan Campagnolo et Adam Dodek, tous deux professeurs de droit à l’Université d’Ottawa, fournissent un index de la Constitution canadienne et exposent des faits fascinants à propos de la Cour suprême du Canada et de la Constitution. Ce livre est un excellent ouvrage introductif à l’intention des personnes qui découvrent la Constitution du Canada pour la première fois ainsi qu’un ouvrage de référence utile tant pour les étudiants que les experts.