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Liam McHugh-Russell

Liam McHugh-Russell

Associate Professor of Law

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7164-5883
20152025

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About

Liam McHugh-Russell is an assistant professor at the Schulich School of Law. He holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute in Florence Italy, where he was the holder of the Hans Kelsen doctoral scholarship and a doctoral award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He received a Master of Laws from the Institute for Comparative Law, McGill University in 2013 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2008. He has been a lawyer member of the bar of Ontario since 2009. His professional experience includes many years working part-time at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, and practice with a union-side labour law firm. He is also an associate member of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory (McGill University Faculty of Law), the International Economic Law Collective, and the Labour Law Research Network.

Areas of supervision: Professor McHugh-Russell would be glad to supervise graduate research projects in legal theory (especially socio-legal theory), law and economic development, labour and employment law (including international labour law), and corporate governance.

Contact Information

Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, European University Institute

LLM, McGill University Faculty of Law

JD, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

BMath, University of Waterloo

External positions

Associate Member, International Economic Law Collective

Associate Member, Labour Law Research Network

Associate Member, Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory

Research Interests

  • Critical Methodology
  • Corporate Governance
  • Law and Economic Development
  • International Labour Law
  • Legal Theory
  • Jurisprudence
  • Political Economy
  • Sociology of Knowledge

Disciplines

  • Labor and Employment Law
  • Law and Economics
  • Public Law and Legal Theory
  • Business Organizations Law
  • Transnational Law

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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