Richard Moon teaches both private and public law courses. His research focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and religion, and the structural aspects of constitutional rights protection. His current research concerning religious freedom is funded by a general grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 1994 he was awarded the first University of Windsor Humanities Research Fellowship. From 2003 to 2005 he was the President of the Canadian Law and Society Association. In 2009 he was awarded the University of Windsor Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching.

Key Works

• Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada (ed.) (UBC Press, 2008).
• “Limits on Expression: The Collapse of the General Approach to Limits on Charter Rights” 40(3) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 335-368 (2002).
• The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression (University of Toronto Press, 2000).
• "The Supreme Court of Canada on the Structure of Freedom of Expression", 45 University of Toronto Law Journal pp. 419-470 (1995).
• "Discrimination and Its Justification: Coping with Equality Rights Under the Charter" 26 Osgoode Hall Law Journal pp. 673-712 (1987).

• Presentation to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons, Oct. 2009.
• "The Attack on Human Rights Commissions and the Decline of Public Discourse", Saskatchewan Law Review Annual Lecture, Oct. 2009.
• Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission Concerning Section 13 of the CHRA and the Regulation of Hate Speech on the Internet, Nov. 2008.
• “Putting Faith in Hate: Religion as the Source and Subject of Hate Speech", Public Lecture, Saint Thomas University, Nov. 2008.