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Michael Mandel fonds
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Activism files

Series consists of files pertaining to Mandel’s work as a political activist. These records document the nature and breadth of Mandel’s involvement with issues including prison reform, abortion rights, the US invasion of Nicaragua, Israel and Palestine, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mandel’s advocacy work as a lawyer and his involvement with legal cases and submissions to boards of inquiry and/or commissions are also documented in this series. Records in this series include correspondence, research materials, legal documents, newspaper clippings, press releases, speaking notes and petitions.

Administrative files

Files in this subseries primarily consist of correspondence and memoranda created and/or acquired by Mandel in his role as a professor and administrator at Osgoode Hall Law School. These records pertain to Mandel’s teaching load and academic work, Osgoode administrative subjects, and his involvement with Osgoode’s Italian law course and exchange program with the University of Bologna. Many of the correspondence files in this series also include letters concerning Mandel’s non-academic activities, including his writing and activism pertaining to prison reform and anti-war campaigns. Files documenting Mandel’s involvement with an Osgoode Hall Law School cafeteria boycott in 1987-88 are also part of this subseries.

Campaign form letters

File consists of letters pertaining to the activities of the Ligue des Droits De l'Homme, Concerned Canadians for Lebanon, and a group opposed to the Mike Harris government in Ontario.

Complainants' submissions : The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Item is a submission made by Mandel and fellow lawyer David Jacobs serving as notice of the existence of information concerning serious violations of international humanitarian law within the jurisdiction of the tribunal and a request that the prosecutor investigate leaders of NATO countries for violations of international humanitarian law in the bombing of the former Yugoslavia.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence sent and received by Mandel pertaining to a wide variety of topics, but it primarily concerns his professional life, including his writing, political activism and media appearances. Many files include copies of Mandel’s outgoing letters as well as incoming correspondence.

Correspondence 1975

File includes correspondence from prisoners responding to Mandel's writing about parole reform.

Correspondence and memoranda

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining in part to Mandel's work supporting prisoners and his position as a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Correspondence with Edward Greenspan

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Greenspan, Osgoode Hall Law School dean Peter W. Hogg and Mandel pertaining to the withdrawal of a financial gift to the law school from the Greenspans in protest of an article written by Mandel about criminal lawyers.

Correspondence with R.H. Simmonds

File pertains Mandel's correspondence with RCMP commissioner Robert H. Simmonds regarding a document released by the Department of Justice entitled "The position of the Attorney General of Canada on certain recommendations of the McDonald Commission". A copy of that document is included in the file.

Course materials

Subseries consists of course materials, mainly course readings but also lecture notes, examination papers, syllabi and course descriptions, created and/or used by Mandel for his courses taught at Osgoode Hall Law School. Some materials pertaining to courses taught by Mandel in the Political Science department at McMaster University and at the University of Bologna are also included in this subseries.

Court transcript

Item is a transcript for a court proceeding in which Mandel served as counsel for the complainant.

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