User:NP kovalev

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My name is Nikolai Kovalev. I am an Assistant Professor of Criminology/ Law & Society at Wilfrid Laurier University. I am new on Wikipedia and still learning. My academic background includes: LL.B. from West Kazakhstan State University (Kazakhstan), LL.M. from Indiana University at Bloomington, Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Law from Queen’s University Belfast and Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto. At Laurier I am teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including: Evidence and Procedure; Law, Morality and Punishment; Crime, Law and Justice in Cyberspace; Canadian Legal System; Comparative Criminal Justice and The Charter and Criminal Justice.

My research is focused on comparative criminal justice, criminal law, criminal procedure and human rights. I am particularly interested in the evolution of jury trials and reforms in the criminal justice systems of post-Communist transitional countries. Other research projects include study of jury bias in neo-Nazi skinhead trials and lay adjudication in military justice. His current research project concerns practice of manipulation of juries in Canada and other countries.

I have also served as an expert on comparative criminal justice, law reform and international human rights for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), American Bar Association/ Rule of Law Initiative (ABA/ROLI) and U.S. Department of Justice. I completed assessments of several draft laws on jury and lay assessors for Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz Republic, and draft Criminal Procedure Code of Tajikistan. I am a frequent speaker at conferences, round-tables, seminars and workshops on issues of human rights and criminal justice reforms in post-Communist states.

For more information about my research and teaching interest see my university profile page at http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=12105