Professor Marie ManikisFaculty of Law, McGill University
2001 McGill College AveSuite 750, room 13Montreal, QuebecCanada H3A 1G1
514-398-6624 [Office]
Marie Manikis joined the Faculty of Law of McGill University in 2013 and teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Sentencing. Her research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, human rights, victims, sentencing, gender theory and criminal justice.
Professor Manikis’ scholarship is interdisciplinary and uses social science methodologies, proportionality theory in sentencing and gender perspectives to advance the available knowledge in criminal law and criminal justice. Her work has been published in Canadian and British peer-reviewed journals and was presented at several conferences and seminars, includingforjudicial training seminars with the National Judicial Institute (Canada), the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law,the British Association of Comparative Law, the World Society of Victimology, as well as Canadian, British and American Universities.
She completed a DPhil in law in 2014 at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professors Andrew Ashworth and Carolyn Hoyle. Her doctoral research compares and analyses the enforcement and redress mechanisms available in England and Wales and the United States in response to victims’ rights breaches. It was supported by the SSHRC, the FQRSC, the Maple Leaf Trust, the Peter Birks fund and the Modern Law Review.
During her doctoral studies, she taught graduate tutorials in criminal justice at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford and was a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. In 2008-2009, she taught tutorials on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and judicial review at York University. Prior to this, she practiced law in Montreal and clerked for a Superior Court Justice. Finally, Professor Manikis has been interested in the development of evidence-based policies and has provided consultation reports based on her research to the Department of Justice in Canada, the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales and the Canadian Senate.
1. Peer-reviewed journals and book chapters
Marie Manikis, “Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing: Towards a Clearer Understanding of their Aims”University of Toronto Law Journal (in press)
Marie Manikis, “Criminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms” in JV Roberts and M Grossman (eds), in Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader, 5th ed. (Thomson: Toronto 2015)
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), “Victim Personal Statements: Latest (and last) Trends from the Witnesses and Victims Experience Survey in England and Wales” (2013) 13:3 Criminology andCriminal Justice 245
Marie Manikis, “Navigating through an obstacle course: The complaints mechanism for victims of crime in England and Wales” (2012) 12:2 Criminology and Criminal Justice 149
Marie Manikis, “Recognizing Victims’ Role and Rights During Plea Bargaining: A Fair Deal forVictims of Crime” (2012) 58:3-4 Criminal Law Quarterly 411
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), “Recognizing ancillary harm at sentencing: A proportionateand balanced response” (2011) 15:2 Canadian Criminal Law Review 131
Marie Manikis, “Criminal Justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”(2011)
in JV Roberts and M Grossman (eds), in Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader
(Thomson: Toronto 2011)
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), “Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing: (2010)
The Relevance of Ancillary Harm” (2010) 15:1 Canadian Criminal Law Review, 1
Marie Manikis, «Les tribunaux d'arbitrage civils islamiques en Ontario», 1:1International Legal
Perspectives, Canadian Lawyers Abroad, 2005
2. Other research journals
Marie Manikis, “A comparative overview of victims’ rights, enforcement mechanisms and redressin England and Wales and the American Federal jurisdiction”, 6 Victims of Crime Research Digest (Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 2013)
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), “Victim Impact Statements in Canada: Recent Guidancefrom the Courts of Appeal”, 5 Victims of Crime Research Digest(Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 2012)
3. Government Reports
Marie Manikis, The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights: A Policy Analysis and Interpretation (Ottawa: Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice Canada 2014)
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts), Victims’ Needs and the Development of Outcome Measurements (London: Ministry of Justice of England and Wales, 2012)
Marie Manikis (with Julian V. Roberts) Victim Personal Statements at Sentencing: A Review of the Empirical Research (London: Office of the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
of England and Wales, 2011)
Marie Manikis, Research findings and legislation on victims’ rights in Canada (Ottawa: Senate of Canada, 2011)
4. Contributions to public life/editorials
Marie Manikis, “Where are the rights in the proposed Victims Bill?”,The Globe and Mail, 7 April 2014
Marie Manikis, Interview on Bill C-32 and its implications, The Globe and Mail, 4 April 2014
Marie Manikis, Interview on Bill C-32 and its impact in criminal law, The Lawyers Weekly, April 2014
Marie Manikis, National Webinar (Victims Justice Network):“Victim Impact Statements: Past Present and Future”, April 2014
Marie Manikis, Consultation on a Proposed Federal Victims’ Bill of Rights, Ottawa: Department of Justice, September 2013
Marie Manikis, Consultation on Improving the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, London: Ministry of Justice, April 2013
Marie Manikis,«Procureurs de la Couronne: une vague de départs désastreuse est à craindre» La Presse, 23 Feb. 2011
Marie Manikis, «Une Couronne sans joyaux: les conséquences d’une justice secondaire au Québec» Droit-inc, 24 Feb 2011
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