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Joseph Eliot Magnet is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, Common Law Faculty, and one of Canada's most respected constitutional lawyers. With a Ph.D. in Law from McGill University, B.A. (Long Island University), LL.B. and LL.M from McGill, he has clerked for Chief Justice Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada and served as Crown Counsel in Ottawa.
His career spans over 200 constitutional cases before Canadian courts, including landmark decisions on Manitoba language rights, Daniels v. Canada (recognizing Métis and Non-Status Indigenous rights), and R. v. Powley (establishing Métis constitutional rights). He is the author of 18 books and over 100 articles on constitutional law, Indigenous law, and federalism, including the seminal Constitutional Law of Canada (9th ed., 2009) and Litigating Aboriginal Culture (2005).
Professor Magnet's work extends internationally, acting as legal counsel and Chief Negotiator for the Afar people in the Horn of Africa since 2010. He drafted the Samara Declaration condemning Eritrean human rights abuses and advocating multi-ethnic constitutional reform. His efforts earned him honorary Afar citizenship in 2012. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1998) and a frequent media commentator. His teaching includes Constitutional Law I–II, Constitutional Litigation, and Administrative Law.
