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Constitutionalism and Feminism - Plenary class for International Women's Day

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:00to11:30
Chancellor Day Hall Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100), 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

Ce 8 mars, les trois classes de Droit constitutionnel (PUB2 101) tiendront une séance pléniÚre pour discuter du lien entre droit constitutionnel et les questions de genre.

Faculty and students are more than welcome to join the conversation!

  • Prof. Colleen Sheppard,Ìę “Constitutional rights and feminism”
  • Prof. Johanne Poirier,ÌęÌę “Institutional design and gender equity"
  • Prof. Alexander Pless,Ìę “Because it’s 2016, ‘can the girls share a locker?’”: reflections on gender and the practice of law”

Readings:

  • Beverley Baines, Daphne Barak-Erez and Tsvi Kahana, eds. Feminist Constitutionalism: Global Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 1-4 (available online):
  • Colleen Sheppard, “Feminist Pragmatism in the Work of Justice Bertha Wilson” (2008) 41 S.C.L.R. (2d) 83
  • Helen Irving, “Drafting, Design and Gender,” in GINSBURG, Tom & DIXON, Rosalind (eds), Comparative Constitutional Law, Edward Elgar, 2001, pp.19-37
  • Petra Meier, «ÌęÉtudier les systĂšmes fĂ©dĂ©raux Ă  travers le prisme du genreÌę: un Ă©tat des lieuxÌę» (2014), 14 FĂ©dĂ©ralisme et rĂ©gionalisme (disponible en ligne):
  • Gender-inclusive Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa, A series of 4 videos, Forum of Federations, 2015:

Optional Supplementary Readings:

  • Jill Vickers, “Is Federalism Gendered? Incorporating Gender into Studies of Federalism”, Publius (Winter 2013) 43: 1-23 (online from a McGill account: )
  • Jennifer Nedelsky, “Reconceiving Rights as Relationship” (1993) 1 Review of Constitutional Studies / Revue d'Ă©tudes constitutionnelles, 1 at pp. 1-19
  • Colleen Sheppard, “’Bread and Roses’: Economic Justice and Constitutional Rights” Oñati Socio-legal Series, v. 5, n. 1 (2015) – Indignation, Socio-economic Inequality and the Role of Law
  • Melissa Haussman, Marian Sawer & Jill Vickers, eds. Federalism, Feminism and Multilevel Governance (Ashgate: 2010) Ìę
  • Hester Lessard, “Jurisdictional Justice and the Story of Insite” (2010) 19 Constitutional Forum constitutionelle, 93
  • Legal Education and Action Fund –
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