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Marie Manikis is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University's Faculty of Law, specializing in criminal law, sentencing, and victim participation. She teaches courses on criminal justice, sentencing, and criminal procedure. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on victim rights, prosecutorial accountability, bail practices, and Indigenous legal principles (Gladue). She holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford and has held visiting researcher positions at UC Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute.
Her educational background includes a DPhil (2014) and MSt (2010) in Law from Oxford, an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall (2009), and an LL.B. from Université de Montréal (2006). She practiced law in Montreal and clerked for a Quebec Superior Court Justice before joining McGill.
Research interests include:
- Victim participation in criminal justice
- Prosecutorial discretion and accountability
- Bail and pre-trial detention
- Gladue principles in sentencing
Her work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and UK appellate courts, and she advises governments on criminal justice policy. Key awards include the 2022 Canadian Association of Law Teachers’ Prize and McGill’s 2019 Principal’s Prize for Emerging Research.
She contributes to international collaborations, including roles at Oxford’s Centre for Criminology, the Sentencing Academy (UK), and the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (Montreal). Her upcoming book Victims as Agents of State Accountability (OUP) explores victim agency in holding states accountable.
