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Semple, N. (2020). Welfare-Consequentialism: A Vaccine for Populism? The Political Quarterly, 91(4), 806–813. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12884

This article is about two ideologies. Welfare-consequentialism holds that government should adopt the policies that can rationally be expected to maximise aggregate welfare. Populism holds that society is divided into a pure people and a corrupt elite, and asserts that public policy should express the general will of the people. The responses of world governments to the coronavirus pandemic have clearly illustrated the contrast between these ideologies, and the danger that populist government poses to human wellbeing. The article argues that welfare-consequentialism offers a vaccine for populism. First, it rebuts populism’s claims about who government is for and what it should do. Second, the pessimism and distrust that make people crave populism can be satiated by successful welfare-consequentialist government. Finally, welfare-consequentialism’s sunny narrative of progress can be just as compelling to people as populism’s dark story has proven to be.

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Sheldon, T., & Malhotra, R. (2020). Chapter D-9: Not All in This Together: Disability Rights and COVID-19. In C. M. Flood (Ed.), Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19. University of Ottawa Press. https://doi.org/10.1353/book.76885

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica. Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulnerabilities and interconnectedness made visible by the pandemic and its consequences, along with the legal, ethical and policy responses. These include vulnerabilities for people who have been harmed or will be harmed by the virus directly and those harmed by measures taken to slow its relentless march; vulnerabilities exposed in our institutions, governance and legal structures; and vulnerabilities in other countries and at the global level where persistent injustices harm us all. Hopefully, COVID-19 will forces us to deeply reflect on how we govern and our policy priorities; to focus preparedness, precaution, and recovery to include all, not just some. Published in English and French.

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Flood, C. M., MacDonnell, V., Thériault, S., Venkatapuram, S., & Philpott, J. (Eds.). (2020). Not All in This Together: Disability Rights and COVID-19. In Vulnerable: the law, policy and ethics of COVID-19. University of Ottawa Press. https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/2020CanLIIDocs1866#!fragment/zoupio-_Tocpdf_bk_0_42/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zhoBMAzZgI1TMADMwAsAJgCUAGmTZShCAEVEhXAE9oAci3SIhMLgQq1mnXoNGQAZTykAQpoBKAUQAyLgGoBBAHIBhF2lSMD5oUnZJSSA

"At the time of writing, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19,1 has infected people in 212 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. As of May 17, 2020, 5,780 people have died in Canada, and worldwide, there are over 313,000 reported deaths. The true death toll is certainly higher, and more will die in the coming months. Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one's mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulnerabilities and interconnectedness made visible by the pandemic and its consequences, along with the legal, ethical and policy responses. These include vulnerabilities for people who have been harmed or will be harmed by the virus directly and those harmed by measures taken to slow its relentless march; vulnerabilities exposed in our institutions, governance and legal structures; and vulnerabilities in other countries and at the global level where persistent injustices harm us all. We conclude with the hope that COVID-19 forces us to deeply reflect on how we govern and our policy priorities; to focus preparedness, precaution, and recovery to include all, not just some."--

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Thomasen, K. (2020). Beyond Airspace Safety: a Feminist perspective on Drone Privacy Regulation. In M. Daschuk, C. Brooks, & J. Popham (Eds.), Critical perspectives on social control and social regulation in Canada. Fernwood Publishing.

Williams, N., Fiorante, M., & Wong, V. (2020). The Problematic Legality of Tear Gas Under International Human Rights Law. University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, International Human Rights Program. https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/media/Legality%20of%20Teargas%20-%20Aug25%20V2.pdf

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Wong, V. (2020). Ethno-Racial Legal Clinics and the Praxis of Critical Race Theory in Canada. Journal of Law & Equality, 16, 63–92. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jleq16&i=67

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