UBC professor is 2011 recipient of SSHRC Aurora Prize

UBC law professor James Stewart is the recipient of the 2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Aurora Prize award. This $25,000 prize recognizes an outstanding new researcher who is building a reputation for exciting and original research in the social sciences or humanities.

In 2006, Stewart was awarded the La Pira Prize for his article on unlawful confinement at Guantanamo. More recently, he received the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies for his current work on the liability of corporations for international crimes. In October 2010, Stewart published new legal guidelines for prosecuting corporations for the illegal exploitation of natural resources.

SSHRC is the federal agency that promotes and supports post-secondary research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

For more information, visit http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2011/nov/11_03_11_stewart.html