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The roots of the Centre for Transnational Law and Justice (CTLJ) go very deep. They begin from the tenure of one of the early deans of the University of Windsor Law School, Dr. Walter S. Tarnopolsky. Dean Tarnopolsky it was who gave practical expression to his zeal for international development by facilitating institutional research interest and expertise in the intersection of law and development at the law school. In 1970, the first faculty member with teaching and research interests in law and development was hired. In 1972, law and development officially became a part of the University of Windsor curriculum with the creation of a course of the same title at the law school. In subsequent years, considerable interest in the subject, generated by the research output and activities of several members of faculty, led to the establishment of the Centre for Law in Aid of Development (CLAD).
CLAD played an important role, spanning decades, in the growth of law and development scholarship globally. In collaboration with other notable centres of research in this area, such as the International Centre for Law and Development (New York), the defunct International Legal Centre (New York), and the International Development Research Centre (Ottawa), CLAD was instrumental to the visibility which law and development scholarship enjoyed in North America through the decades of the 1970s and 1980s. It sponsored countless symposia, seminars, and conferences which reflected comparative approaches and interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilization of ideas. In CLAD, a cardinal theme of the University of Windsor law school, namely, access to justice, acquired an institutional embodiment.
The CTLJ is also a progeny of the Canadian American Research Centre for Law and Policy (CARC). Affiliated with the Faculty of Law since 1992, CARC was the main institutional vehicle for the promotion of another theme of the law school: Canada-US legal issues. Situated at the border of Canada and the United States of America, the University of Windsor recognizes research on transborder issues as a critical part of its mandate. For well over a decade, CARC stimulated and supported research on trade, immigration, labour, the environment, and intellectual property. Its very active research agenda led to the publication of books and influential articles on these issues. It sponsored major conferences, symposia, workshops, and other research activities.
In the Spring of 2006, CLAD and CARC were amalgamated, giving birth to the Centre for Transnational Law and Justice. The CTLJ will continue with the excellent tradition of research established by its progenitors along with the support of the Law Foundation. It will promote and sponsor research on legal issues of transnational importance, Canada-US legal issues, international development and social justice issues in a global context.

View history of CLAD and CARC Website.