My research work sits at the intersection of comparative administrative law, regulated industries, public policy, and water and sanitation governance.
I focus on how legal and regulatory frameworks operate across jurisdictions, with particular interest in regulatory compliance, risk, governance, and policy implementation in highly regulated sectors.
Through comparative research, I examine how institutions balance innovation, accountability, and public interest.
What follows is the written record behind the podcast and the practice. Each book, article, and working paper is one attempt to answer, in print, the same question that drives the on-air conversations: how do legal systems compare in the way they actually work?
Claudio Klaus (solo)
A comparative legal study examining how Brazil and Canada have structured their sanitation and urban development frameworks, with attention to regulatory design, public-private arrangements, and the gap between statutory ambition and service delivery at the municipal level.
Organized by Claudio Klaus and Levi Hülse
A 200-page edited collection bringing together scholars and practitioners from Brazil and Canada to debate the legal dimensions of sanitation and sustainability. The volume bridges Portuguese and English-language literatures on a topic that global development agendas have long treated separately.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
Published in a thematic issue on displacement financing, this article draws on first-hand knowledge of Roraima's border context to examine how Brazil financed its humanitarian response to Venezuelan displacement through NGO networks and public-private arrangements, and what those choices reveal about the limits of the global aid model.
Carla Piffer, Paulo Márcio Cruz, and Claudio Klaus
This article argues that contemporary transjudicialism has outgrown the metaphor of dialogue between courts. It functions instead as a structural instrument consolidating a global legal order, with implications for how we understand judicial legitimacy and the circulation of legal standards across jurisdictions.
Claudio Klaus, Rosana Claudio Silva Ogoshi, and Anderson Antônio Mattos Martins
An analysis of how Brazil's constitutional framework has approached the right to water and how that framing intersects with the broader structure of social rights. The article situates the Brazilian case within global debates about justiciable environmental rights.
Claudio Klaus, Levi Hülse, and Anderson Antônio Mattos Martins
An examination of the Punta del Este Declaration, adopted at the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, focusing on its treatment of human dignity as a foundational principle and its implications for human rights education and international consensus-building.
Claudio Klaus, Carla Piffer, and Levi Hülse
Published by the Inter-University Centre for Advanced Studies in Dubrovnik, this paper examines how university-based legal practice centers in southern Brazil operate as access-to-justice infrastructure, with a particular focus on their role in the de-judicialization of civil disputes through conciliation.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
An early comparative piece published before the Toronto years, this interview-based article examines Canadian education policy at the intersection of digital literacy and the Sustainable Development Goals. In retrospect, it marks the beginning of a research agenda that would eventually move from education to law.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
Reflections on what 75 conversations with Canadian lawyers taught me about building a legal career across borders, and why networking is a teachable skill for internationally trained lawyers.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
How SDG 6 and SDG 4 are more connected than most education policy discussions acknowledge, with lessons from Canada and Brazil.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
Why networking is a teachable skill, not a personality trait, and what law schools should do about it.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
What 75 conversations with senior Canadian lawyers taught me about community, courage, and building a career from scratch.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
How a conference on charity law reframed my thinking about forests, international partnerships, and what law can protect.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
A practitioner-level overview of the 23rd Annual Charter Conference, from free speech on campus to the Emergencies Act.
Claudio Klaus (solo)
Coverage of my comparative research on sanitation law and sustainable development across Santa Catarina and Ontario.
From the rooms, panels & studios.
“Connecting Contextually: Mastering the Art of Canadian Networking”
A panel on how internationally trained lawyers can build meaningful professional networks in Canada by leading with context, not credentials.
“What 75 Lawyers say about legal careers”
Insights from interviewing 75 Canadian lawyers on what it takes to build a sustainable and fulfilling legal career.
“E140: Claudio Klaus Founder and Podcast Host of Studying Law Around the World”
A conversation about building Studying Law Around the World, interviewing lawyers across borders, and what it takes to create a platform for globally minded legal professionals.
A session for internationally trained lawyers navigating relicensure and professional reinvention in Ontario, drawing on my own cross-border experience.
A conversation with graduate law students at U of T on building a legal career across jurisdictions and making unconventional paths legible to Canadian employers.
“Claudio Klaus with J.P. Rodrigues”
A discussion on cross-border legal careers, professional reinvention, and the journey of an internationally trained lawyer building a practice in Canada.
“From LL.M to Opportunities: How this UofT law Grad Interviewed 75 Lawyers!”
A conversation about how a U of T LL.M graduate turned 75 lawyer interviews into a career strategy and a resource for aspiring legal professionals.
Part of an ongoing body of work