Dr. Frederic Megret

Instructor

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Biography

Frederic Megret is a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, where he holds the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law. He has served as a senior fellow at the University of Melbourne and a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris. Previously, he was a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University from 2015 to 2023 and held the Canada Research Chair in Law, Human Rights, and Legal Pluralism from 2006 to 2015. He co-directed the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism from 2021 to 2024. Megret is the author of 'New Interference in Sovereign Affairs: The Discursive Economy of International Law' published by Brill, and is currently co-authoring a book titled 'Diasporas and the Making of Transnational Law' with Larissa van den Herik of Leiden University. He has also co-edited several works, including 'Routledge Handbook on International Law and Anthropocentrism' and a critical appraisal of United Nations Human Rights, published by Oxford University Press.

Research Interests

Courses

Diasporas and Law - LAW793H1S

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology