Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica?

Join the the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto and the Canada-Caribbean Institute for a thought-provoking discussion on the impact of foreign laws on homicide rates in Jamaica, presented by Kevin Davis of New York University School of Law.

About the Speaker

Kevin Davis is a 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.