Sina Akbari, B.Comm., J.D., LL.M., Ph.D.

Area of Study / Keywords

legal theory political theory private law distributive justice

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About

Sina Akbari is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. His research is in legal theory, focusing on the justification and evaluation of private law institutions and their relationship to issues of legitimacy and distributive justice in political theory. He holds a BComm from the University of Calgary, a JD from the University of Toronto, a LLM from New York University School of Law and PhD from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, he practiced law in Toronto and New York. His publications include peer-reviewed articles in the Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy and the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.

LAW 451 - Corporations Law

The laws governing corporations including: pre-incorporation matters; the corporation as a legal person; the tortious, criminal, regulatory, and contractual liability of the corporation; fiduciary duties in general and in commercial relationships, especially in the context of directors and officers, corporate social responsibility; corporate management; shareholder rights; and shareholder remedies.

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Sina Akbari

The Modern Law Review. 2020 January; 83 (4):917-922

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Sina Akbari

Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy. 2018 January; 43

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Sina Akbari

The Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. 2015 July; 28 (2):245-264

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Sina Akbari

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review. 2008 January; 66 (1):1-32