Contact
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law - Admin
- majekola@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Adebayo (Bayo) Majekolagbe is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law where he teaches climate change law and constitutional law. He is a fellow at the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University, and the African Sovereign Debt Justice Network. His research focuses on justice and the transition. He engages with this theme within the contexts of climate change and international economic law, business and human rights, and sustainability and impact assessment; areas in which he has published in several peer reviewed journals including the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law, Dalhousie Law Journal, Journal of Environmental Law and Practice (now Justice, Ecology, Law and Place), and the Fordham International Law Journal. He has also co-authored studies, policy briefs, and commissioned reports including the SSHRC funded synthesis report on impact assessment and responsible business conduct tools in Canada, and is currently co-editing a book on climate finance and sovereign debt in Africa. Bayo’s research on the just transition impact assessment framework received the Vanier Canada Award, Killam Award, and the 2023 Dalhousie Doctoral Thesis Award.
Research
- Justice and Sustainability Transformation
- Climate Change Law
- Climate Finance and Sovereign Debt
- International Environmental Law
- International Economic Law
- Business and Human Rights
- Critical Minerals Mining and Justice
- Impact Assessment
Courses
LAW 435A - Constitutional Law
An introduction to the legal framework governing the exercise of power by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Canadian state, covering who has the power to make new laws, the power to implement laws, and the power to adjudicate disputes. The limitations imposed on these powers by the rules of federalism and by the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are also considered. An introduction to the constitutional provisions concerning Indigenous peoples in Canada is also included.
LAW 435B - Constitutional Law
An introduction to the legal framework governing the exercise of power by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Canadian state, covering who has the power to make new laws, the power to implement laws, and the power to adjudicate disputes. The limitations imposed on these powers by the rules of federalism and by the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are also considered. An introduction to the constitutional provisions concerning Indigenous peoples in Canada is also included.
LAW 565 - International Business Transactions
This is a survey course on the international and domestic law governing the transactional aspects of international trade/investment activities of Canadian and foreign business entities. Topics covered include contract types and drafting, international sale of goods, financing of transactions, dispute settlement by international commercial arbitration, export/import laws, human rights and MNCs, anti-bribery laws, and international investment law.
LAW 599 - Seminars on Specialized Legal Topics
These seminars will cover specialized topics of emerging importance in the law at a senior level. The particular topic covered would vary dependent on the availability of Faculty with necessary teaching competence, student interest, and the needs of the legal profession. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.