The Power of Property in Private Law
The Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law invites you to a 2018-2020 Civil Law Workshop with ,聽Downing Professor of the Laws of England and Director of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
Abstract
This lecture will address the reliance that the common law, and equity in particular, place on the idea of property, and in particular what is achieved by that reliance.
Of course, the practical power of the trust and all that it enables in both commercial and domestic settings is well known. But I want also to move beyond that feature and address the notion that reliance on the idea of property enables difficult policy choices to be injected into judicial decisions in an astonishingly subliminal way. Property law has the reputation for being politically neutral and doctrinally rigorous, with any practical conclusions following from the very nature of things rather than requiring any normative assessment. That view appears flawed. This is an idea I have addressed periodically, but it seems apt to revisit it in the context of this series of lectures.
About the Civil Law Workshops
In order to promote fundamental research in private law, the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law initiated the 鈥淐ivil Law Workshops鈥� series, bringing together jurists from Qu茅bec and beyond to work on related research topics. With their cross-disciplinary focus, the 鈥淐ivil Law Workshops鈥� contribute to enriching and stimulating fundamental research in private law.
The 2018-2020聽series of Civil law workshops explore "Les influences en droit priv茅".
The workshops are presented with financial assistance from Justice Canada鈥檚 Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund.
Registration is not required.
Each workshop has been accredited for 1.5 hour of continuing legal education by the Barreau du Qu茅bec and the Chambre des notaires du Qu茅bec.聽
