Dr. Rainer Knopff
BA (McMaster) MA, PhD (University of Toronto)
Public law, civil liberties and political thought.

Associate Dean (Research)
Author, co-author, or co-editor of several books, including Human Rights and Social Technology: The
New War on Discrimination, with T.E.Flanagan; Federalism and the Charter: Leading Constitutional
Decisions, with Peter H. Russell and F. L. Morton; Charter Politics, with F. L. Morton; Parameters of
Power: Canada's Political Institutions, with Keith Archer, Roger Gibbins, and Leslie A. Pal; and The
Charter Revolution and the Court Party, with F. L. Morton. Current projects include Courting
Controversy, a book that explores the rhetorical strategies used by courts to manage highly
contentious public issues.