Jennifer Chandler
Professeure agrégée
57 Louis Pasteur St., Room 346
Ottawa (Ontario)
Canada
K1N 6N5
Jennifer.Chandler@uOttawa.ca
(613) 562-5800 Ext. 3286
(613) 562-5124
B.Sc. (University of Western Ontario)
LL.B. (Queen's University)
LL.M. (Harvard)
Member of the Bar of Ontario.
Jennifer Chandler joined the Faculty of Law in 2002, after practising law with a national firm and serving as a law clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice John Sopinka of the Supreme Court of Canada.
She recently completed her sabbatical as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore.
Courses Taught:
In 2011-2012, Professor Chandler is teaching Medical Legal Issues, Mental Health Law and Neuroethics, and Tort Law. In the past, she has taught a graduate level course called "Technoprudence," which addresses technology and legal theory.
Research:
Professor Chandler's research is focused on the law and ethics of neuroscience and other advances in biology and medicine. She is currently working on the following projects:
- Law and memory: The law and ethics of detecting and manipulating memory.
- The use of neuroscientific and behavioural genetic evidence in Canadian courts.
- The bioethics of legally-coerced consent to medical treatment.
- Autonomy, capacity-enhancing medical treatment, and the legal scope of personal responsibility for incapacity.
- The law and ethics of scientific inquiry and restrictions on scientific research.
- Jennifer A. Chandler, "Autonomy and the Unintended Legal Consequences of Emerging Neurotherapies," (2011) Neuroethics DOI:10.1007/s12152-011-9109-5.
Neuroethics Journal Version
SSRN Version
- Jennifer A. Chandler, “Reading the Judicial Mind: How will courts react to the use of neuroimaging technologies fordetecting deception?” (2010) 33(1) Dalhousie Law Journal 85-116.
SSRN Version
- Jennifer A. Chandler, “Technological Self-Defense and Equality,” (2011) 56(1) McGill Law Journal 39-76.
SSRN VersionRecent Presentations:
- “How does the “autonomy of technology” work? Illustrations drawn from how the civil law handles neurotherapies.” Symposium: The Laws of Technology and the Technology of Law, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, May 2-3, 2011.