Presented by U of T Centre for Caribbean Studies and the CCI
Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends,
You are warmly invited to join us for a hybrid event:
Do Foreign Laws Influence Homicide Rates in Jamaica?
Presented by: Professor Kevin Davis (New York University School of Law)
📅 Monday, October 6, 2025
🕛 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM
📍 William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks St, Toronto
🥗 Lunch provided
Registration Options:
- In-person: Eventbrite Registration Link
- Zoom (for virtual attendance): Zoom Registration
About the Speaker
Kevin Davis is the Beller Family Professor of Business Law at NYU School of Law, where his research focuses on the relationship between law and economic development, corruption, and the use of foreign law in domestic contexts. Learn more about him here. He also holds the position of Faculty Director, Hauser Global Law School.
His recent paper, The Significance of Foreign Law: A Jamaican Case Study, explores how laws originating outside Jamaica have influenced the country’s homicide rates—raising important questions about legal borrowing and local impact.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a timely and thought-provoking discussion.