Carissima Mathen is a law professor at the University of Ottawa.  She is an expert in the Constitution of Canada, criminal law, and U.S. Constitutional law.  She has a special interest in the Supreme Court of Canada, judicial review, the separation of powers, criminal justice, and the relationship, between law and social media.

YCPPL will host and present the book talk event, where Carissima will participate in a group discussion of her book, Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions.