B.A. (Dalhousie University)
M.Sc. (London School of Economics)
Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Office: AQ-6034
Telephone: 778.782.3043
E-mail: aheard@sfu.ca
Website: www.sfu.ca/~aheard
Undergraduate Chair:
Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, held a Canadian Parliamentary Internship before obtaining his Master's from the London School of Economics and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has previously taught at Dalhousie and at Rhodes University in South Africa, where he was born. His current research interests centre on Canadian judicial and constitutional issues, as well as theoretical problems in comparative human rights. Dr. Heard has published Canadian Constitutional Conventions: The Marriage of Law and Politics (Oxford University Press, 1991), as well as articles and chapters on constitutional conventions, judicial behaviour, military law, parliamentary privilege, the electoral system, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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