Joel Bakan

JOEL BAKAN is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia, and an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. A former Rhodes Scholar, he has law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard and has worked on landmark legal cases and government policies. His critically acclaimed international hit, The Corporation , electrified readers around the world (it was published in over 20 languages), and became a bestseller in several countries. The book inspired a feature...See more

JOEL BAKAN is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia, and an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. A former Rhodes Scholar, he has law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard and has worked on landmark legal cases and government policies. His critically acclaimed international hit, The Corporation , electrified readers around the world (it was published in over 20 languages), and became a bestseller in several countries. The book inspired a feature documentary film of the same name, which won numerous awards, including best foreign documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. He is also the author the critically acclaimed Childhood Under Siege . He lives in Vancouver, BC. See less