Evan Thane Fox Decent

Faculty of Law

Courses

CMPL 500 Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
CMPL 501 Jurisprudence
CMPL 505 Advanced Jurisprudence
LAWG 503 Inter-American Human Rights
PUB2 401 Judicial Rev of Admin Action
PUB2 451 Immigration & Refugee Law

Biography

Evan Fox-Decent teaches and publishes in legal theory, administrative law, First Nations and the law, immigration law, the law of fiduciaries, and human rights.

He has worked on human rights and democratic governance reform in Latin America since 1987, beginning with advocacy and relief work in El Salvador under the auspices of Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Medardo Gómez.

He has since served with the UN Verification Mission in Guatemala (1996-99), and has consulted on behalf of numerous development and research agencies, as well as on behalf of legal institutions in Latin America, including the Supreme Court of Venezuela, the European Union, the World Bank, the International Development Bank, USAID, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre.

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Toronto, 2004

J.D (Honours), University of Toronto, 2000

M.A in Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 1993

B.A. in Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 1990

Employment

Associate Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2011 -

Assistant Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2005 - 2011

SSHRC Post-doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Faculty of Law, 2003-05

University Instructorships, University of Toronto, Dept. of Philosophy, 2000-02

United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), Human Rights Observer and Project Officer, 1996-99

University Instructorships, University of Manitoba, Dept. of Philosophy, 1991-95

Areas of Interest

Legal and political theory, the rule of law, administrative law, the law of fiduciaries, First Nations and the law, human rights