J. Barry Wright
Professor
Department of History
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
EDUCATION Ph.D. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 1990 LL.M. The London School of Economics and 1984 Political Science, University of London LL.B. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 1983 B.A. (History, with Distinction) 1980 Trinity College, University of Toronto B. EMPLOYMENT/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1999- Professor, Department of Law, cross appointed to the Department of History (2010) and the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University (2006) 2005-6, 10,12 Visiting Academic, School of Law, University of Queensland 1991-99 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University 1993-94 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London 1986-91 Assistant Professor (with tenure 1990-91), Department of Law, Carleton University 1984-85 Lecturer, Law and Humanities, Middlesex Polytechnic, London UK
Research Interest
Political trials and the administration of national security measures in Canadian history Utilitarianism, 19th century criminal law reform and codification Comparative study of rule of law issues and 19th century British colonial and post colonial governance
Publications
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Looking at Law: Canada’s Legal System 6th. ed. (co-authored with P.J. Fitzgerald and Vincent Kazmierski) Toronto: LexisNexis-Butterworths, 2010
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Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform (co-edited with Wing-Cheong Chan and Stanley Yeo) Ashgate UK, 2011
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Canadian State Trials Volume Four: Security, Dissent, and the Limits of Toleration in War and Peace, 1914-1939 (co-edited with Eric Tucker and Susan Binnie) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015
