Rebecca Johnson, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Business associations legal theory law and film criminal law law and popular culture Indigenous legal research legal pedagogy legal method gender

Latest funding

Constitutional Rights and the Justification Crisis
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$62,066
Mediating judicial conflict: identities, topics and time
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$108,325
Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Constitutional Rights and the Justification Crisis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Weinrib, Jacob

Keywords: constitutional law; constitutional rights; justification; interpretation; proportionality

$62,066

Mediating judicial conflict: identities, topics and time

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Belleau, Marie-Claire

Keywords: dissent; judicial opinion; judicial decision-making; statistics; language; persuasion; critical identity theory; feminism; comparative law; legal theory

$108,325

Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Beaman, Lori G.

Keywords: religion; law; society; multiculturalism; religious diversity; tolerance; reasonable accommodation; freedom of religion; reciprocity; equality; harm; religious expression; identity

$2,500,000

Dissent, concurrence, and other judicial opinions: reason(s) and passion in the production of law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Rebecca

Keywords: dissent; judicial opinions; emotion and reason; judicial decision making; production of law; critical identity theory; feminism; law and popular culture; legal theory

$90,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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