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Biographie
Robert Leckey, Ad. E., est professeur titulaire Ă la FacultĂ© de droit, oĂč il enseigne le droit constitutionnel et le droit de la famille. Il a dirigĂ© le Centre Paul-AndrĂ© CrĂ©peau de droit privĂ© et comparĂ© entre aoĂ»t 2014 et juin 2016, aprĂšs quoi il a Ă©tĂ© nommĂ© doyen de la FacultĂ© de droit pour un mandat de cinq ans. En dĂ©cembre 2020, le Conseil des gouverneurs de McGill l'a reconduit pour un second mandat de cinq ans, Ă compter du 1er juillet 2021.
De 2002 Ă 2003, il a Ă©tĂ© lâauxiliaire juridique du juge Michel Bastarache Ă la Cour suprĂȘme du Canada. Boursier de la Fondation Trudeau de 2003 Ă 2006, il a obtenu un doctorat de la FacultĂ© de droit de l'UniversitĂ© de Toronto. Sa dissertation, qui lui a valu la mĂ©daille Alan Marks pour la meilleur thĂšse doctorale de 2006, a Ă©tĂ© publiĂ©e par University of Toronto Press en 2008, sous le titre Contextual Subjects: Family, State, and Relational Theory. En 2005-2006, il a travaillĂ© comme chercheur invitĂ© au Centre de recherche en Ă©thique de lâUniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al (CRĂUM). Il sâest joint Ă la FacultĂ© de droit en juillet 2006 et a Ă©tĂ© nommĂ© titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson par l'UniversitĂ© McGill en 2011. Pendant son annĂ©e sabbatique en 2012-2013, il fut un invitĂ© spĂ©cial de lâInstitut d'Ă©tudes canadiennes de McGill.
Il est membre du Barreau de lâOntario depuis 2003 et avocat du Barreau du QuĂ©bec depuis 2020. De 2017 Ă 2020, il fut conseiller en loi de ce dernier. De 2008 Ă 2011, il a prĂ©sidĂ© le McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. En 2010 et 2011, il a agi comme directeur de la recherche pour la Commission d'enquĂȘte sur le processus de nominations des juges du QuĂ©bec (la Commission Bastarache). De 2011 Ă 2015, il a servi Ă titre de prĂ©sident dâĂgale Canada. De 2011 Ă 2016, il a Ă©galement prĂ©sidĂ© le ComitĂ© des affaires juridiques de cet organisme. De 2020 Ă 2022, il a prĂ©sidĂ© le Conseil des doyens et des doyennes des facultĂ©s de droit du Canada.
Robert Leckey a gagnĂ© le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du QuĂ©bec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de lâAssociation canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford dâexcellence en enseignement de lâAssociation des Ă©tudiant(e)s en droit de McGill (2009); le Prix Canada de l'AcadĂ©mie internationale de droit comparĂ© (2010); le (2010); et le Prix « Change-Maker » de la principale pour le rayonnement mĂ©diatique (2020).
En 2014, il a été élu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a été élu membre associé de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé. En 2020, il a été élu membre du CollÚge de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la Société Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a reçu la distinction d'Avocat émérite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du Québec.
Robert Leckey a gagnĂ© le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du QuĂ©bec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de lâAssociation canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford dâexcellence en enseignement de lâAssociation des Ă©tudiant(e)s en droit de McGill (2009); le Prix Canada de l'AcadĂ©mie internationale de droit comparĂ© (2010); le (2010); le Prix « Change-Maker » de la principale pour le rayonnement mĂ©diatique (2020); et le ÌęPrix du hĂ©ros de laÌęSection de lâalliance de la diversitĂ© sexuelle et des genres (ADSG)Ìęde lâAssociation du Barreau canadien (2024).
En 2014, il a Ă©tĂ© Ă©lu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a Ă©tĂ© Ă©lu membre associĂ© de l'AcadĂ©mie internationale de droit comparĂ©. En 2020, il a Ă©tĂ© Ă©lu membre du CollĂšge de nouveaux chercheurs et crĂ©ateurs en art et en science de la SociĂ©tĂ© Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a reçu la distinction d'Avocat Ă©mĂ©rite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du QuĂ©bec. En 2024, il a Ă©tĂ© admis, de façon honorifique, Ă la SociĂ©tĂ© Scarlet Key de lâUniversitĂ© McGill.Ìę
IntĂ©rĂȘts de recherche
Robert Leckey mĂšne des recherches dans les domaines de droit constitutionnel, droit familial et droit comparĂ©. Il est directeur dâune collection intitulĂ©e (Routledge, 2015). Il vient aussi de publier un ouvrage intitulĂ©Ìę(Cambridge University Press, 2015). Ses intĂ©rĂȘts de recherches incluent la rĂ©glementation du couple et la filiation, ainsi que la relation entre les rĂ©gimes publics et privĂ©s de rĂ©glementation familiale.
Le professeur Leckey est toujours intéressé à superviser des étudiants de cycles supérieurs travaillant sur ces questions.
Parcours professionnel
- Titulaire de la Chaire Samuel Gale, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2016-
- Doyen, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2016-
- Professeur titulaire, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2015-
- Directeur, Centre Paul-André Crépeau de droit privé et comparé, août 2014-juin 2016
- Titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson, 2011-2016
- Directeur par intérim, Centre Paul-André Crépeau de droit privé et comparé, juillet-décembre 2011
- Professeur agrégé, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2011-2015
- Professeur adjoint, Université McGill, Faculté de droit, 2006-2011
- Chercheur invitĂ©, Centre de recherche en Ă©thique de lâUniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al (CRĂUM), 2005-2006
- Auxiliaire juridique auprĂšs du juge Michel Bastarache, Cour suprĂȘme du Canada, 2002-2003
- Gestionnaire, Affaires publiques, Institut des fonds d'investissement du Canada (IFIC), 1997-1998
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- SJD (University of Toronto), 2003-2006
- BCL/LLB (Ïăœ¶ÊÓÆ”), 1998-2002
- UniversitĂ© PanthĂ©on-Assas (Paris II), Academic Exchange (CRĂPUQ), 2001-2002
- BA (Hons.) (Queenâs University), 1993-1997
Champs d'intĂ©rĂȘt
Droit de la famille, droit administratif, droit constitutionnel.
Publications
Forthcoming publications
"La prestation compensatoire d'union parentaleâ Les Cahiers de droit [forthcoming], 27 pp.
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âLâunion de fait, la provision pour frais et lâaccĂšs Ă la justiceâÌę65:4ÌęLes Cahiers de droitÌę[forthcoming], 25 pp.
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"De Facto Relationships in Canada" in Jens M. Scherpe & Andy Hayward, eds., The Legal Status of De Facto Relationships (Cambridge: Intersentia) [forthcoming], 29 pp.
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Journal articles
"Cohabitation Law in Quebec: Confusing, Incoherent, and Unjust" (2022) 44:2 Houston Journal of International Law 331â65
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"Advocacy Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clauseâ (2019) 28:4 Constitutional Forum 1â7
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âIntroductionâ (2016) 118:2 Revue du Notariat 239â41.
âSymposium Introductionâ (2016) 62:3 Loyola Law Review 613â20 (with John Lovett).
âFeminism, Institutional Roles, and Justice LeBelâs Family Lawâ (2015) 70 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 71â91. Reprinted in Dwight Newman & Malcolm Thorburn, eds., The Dignity of Law: The Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2015) 71â91.
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âIntroduction: After Equalityâ (2015) 27:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law iâv (with RĂ©gine Tremblay).
âDevelopments in Family Law: The 2012-2013 Termâ (2014) 64 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 241-66.
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âFamily Law and the Charterâs First 30 Years: An Impact Delayed, Deep, and Declining but Lastingâ (2013) 32:1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 21â52 (with Nicholas Bala).
"Developments in Family Law: The 2010-2012 Terms" (2012) 59 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 193-231.
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"Developments in Family Law: The 2008-2009 Term - Just Divisions?" (2009) 48 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 181-219.
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"Thick Instrumentalism and Comparative Constitutionalism: The Case of Gay Rights" (2009) 40 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 425-78.
Related Document: Thick Instrumentalism and Comparative Constitutionalism: The Case of Gay Rights [.pdf]
"Chosen Discrimination" (2002) 18 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 445-75.
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Articles in refereed journals
âFamily Lawyers on Cohabitation and Judge-Made Lawâ (2024) 74:4 University of Toronto Law Journal 408â40.
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âLa modification de la Charte des droits et libertĂ©s de la personne en dĂ©batsâ (2024) 65:2 Les Cahiers de droit 347â82 (with Oscar Bourgeois).
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âCompromise on Parenting and Family Violence? Reforms to Canadaâs Divorce Actâ (2024) 32:1ÌęFeminist Legal StudiesÌę3â24.
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âLâinvisibilitĂ© persistante des parents de mĂȘme sexe en droit familial quĂ©bĂ©coisâ (2023) 52:3ÌęRevue de droit de lâUniversitĂ© de SherbrookeÌę657â84
"Regards croisĂ©s sur lâunion de fait en droit quĂ©bĂ©cois" (2023) 64:1ÌęLes Cahiers de droitÌę217â42.
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âDifferences in a Minor Archive: Feminist Activists and Scholars on Cohabitationâ (2022) 70:2ÌęAmerican Journal of Comparative LawÌę364-398.
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âIndigenous Parents and Child Welfare: Mistrust, Epistemic Injustice, and Trainingâ (2022) 31:4 Social & Legal Studies 559-79 (with Raphael Schmieder-Gropen, Chukwubuikem Nnebe & Miriam Clouthier).
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âChild Welfare, Indigenous Parents, and Judicial Mediationâ (2022) 49:1 Journal of Law and Society 151â69.Ìę
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âThe Notwithstanding Clause: Legislatures, Courts, and the Electorateâ (2022) 72:2 University of Toronto Law Journal 189â215 (with Eric Mendelsohn).
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ââRepugnantâ: Homosexuality and Criminal Family Lawâ (2020) 70:3 University of Toronto Law Journal 225â44.
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âAssisted Dying, Suspended Declarations, and Dialogueâs Timeâ (2019) 69:Supp University of Toronto Law Journal 64â83.
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âOne Parent, Three Parents: Judges and Ontarioâs All Families Are Equal Act, 2016â (2019) 33:3 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 298â315.
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âCohabitation, Female Sacrifice, and Judge-Made Lawâ (2019) 41:1 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 72â91.
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âLâenrichissement injustifiĂ©, lâunion de fait et lâemprunt Ă la common law dans le droit mixte du QuĂ©becâ (2018) 59:3 Les Cahiers de droit 585â615.
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âLâadoption coutumiĂšre autochtone en droit civil quĂ©bĂ©coisâ (2018) 59:4 Les Cahiers de droit 973â96.
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âJudging in Marriageâs Shadowâ (2018) 26:1 Feminist Legal Studies 25â45.
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âLes liens de lâadoptĂ©â [2017] 4 Revue internationale de droit comparĂ© 847â61.
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âCohabitation, Law Reform, and the Litigantsâ (2017) 31:2 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 131â46.
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âReview of Comparative Lawâ (2017) 26:1 Social & Legal Studies 3â24.
âRealizing Rights Here and Nowâ Australian Journal of Human Rights (2016) 22:2 Australian Journal of Human Rights 61â80.
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âCohabitationâs Boundaries and the Confines of Traditionâ (2016) 25:5 Social & Legal Studies 525â43 (with Yann Favier).
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âThe Harms of Remedial Discretionâ (2016) 14:3 International Journal of Constitutional Law 584â607.
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âIdentity, Law, and the Right to a Dream?â (2015) 38:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 525â47.
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âEnforcing Laws That Infringe Rightsâ [2016] Public Law, 206-14.
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âRemedial Practice beyond Constitutional Textâ (2016) 64:1 American Journal of Comparative Law 1â35.
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âStrange Bedfellowsâ (2014) 64:5 University of Toronto Law Journal 641â68.
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« âInfiniment plus de choses dans la vie que dans la loiâ: La reconnaissance des mĂšres lesbiennesÌę» (2014) 86 Droit et SociĂ©tĂ© 115â32.
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âMust Equal Mean Identical? Same-sex Couples and Marriageâ (2014) 10:1 International Journal of Law in Context 5-25.
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âFace to Faceâ (2013) 19 Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 743-58.
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âMarriage and the Data on Same-Sex Couplesâ (2013) 35:2 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 179â91.
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"Two Mothers in Law and Fact" (2013) 21:1 Feminist Legal Studies 1â19.
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âBankruptcy, Provincial Law, and the Family Farmâ 91 (2012) 91:2ÌęCanadian Bar Review 435â53.
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âLes trente premiĂšres annĂ©es de la Charte canadienne en droit de la familleâ (2012) 42:3 Revue de droit de lâUniversitĂ© de Sherbrooke 409â57 (with Nicholas Bala).
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âUnjust Enrichment and De facto Spousesâ (2012) 114:3 Revue du Notariat 475â500.
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"Gimme Shelter" (2011) 34 Dalhousie Law Journal 197-228.
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"Law Reform, Lesbian Parenting, and the Reflective Claim" (2011) 20 Social & Legal Studies 331-48.
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"Lesbian Parental Projects in Word and Deed" (2011) 45 Revue Juridique Thémis 315-41.
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"The Practices of Lesbian Mothers and Quebecâs Reforms" (2011) 23 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 579-99.
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"But What Is Judicial Guidance? Debating Canadian Judgments on Children" (2010) 32 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 381-90.
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"Complexifying Roncarelliâs Rule of Law" (2010) 55 McGill Law Journal 721-41.
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"Rhapsodie sur la forme et le fond de lâharmonisation juridique" (2010) 51 Les Cahiers de Droit 3-49.
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"A Common Law of the Family? Reflections on Rick v. Brandsema" (2009) 25 Canadian Journal of Family Law 257-96.
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"âWhere the Parents Are of the Same Sexâ: Quebecâs Reforms to Filiation" (2009) 23 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 62-82.
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"Cohabitation and Comparative Method" (2009) 72 Modern Law Review 48-72.
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"Family outside the Book on the Family" (2009) 88 Canadian Bar Review 545-78.
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"Contracting Claims and Family Law Feuds" (2007) 57 University of Toronto Law Journal 1-41.
"Family Law as Fundamental Private Law" (2007) 86 Canadian Bar Review 69-96.
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"Prescribed by Law/Une rĂšgle de droit" (2007) 45 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 571-620.
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"Private Law as Constitutional Context for Same-Sex Marriage" (2007) 2 Journal of Comparative Law 172-91.
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"Profane Matrimony" (2006) 21(2) Canadian Journal of Law & Society 1-23.
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"Embodied Dignity" (2005) 5 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 63-83.
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"Employing Fairness" (2003) 18:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 45-67.
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"Harmonizing Family Lawâs Identities" (2002) 28 Queenâs Law Journal 221-77.
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"Relational Contract and Other Models of Marriage" (2002) 40 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1-47.
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"Taking Stock: Securities Regulation and the Division of Powers" (1999) 22(2) Dalhousie Law Journal 250-91 (with Eric Ward).
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Articles in technical/professional publications
âLâunion parentale, une rĂ©forme trop timide,â IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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âA Timid Reform for Parental Unions,â IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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âLâunion parentale, une rĂ©forme trop timide,âÌęIRPP Policy OptionsÌę(15 April 2024).
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âA Timid Reform for Parental Unions,âÌęIRPP Policy OptionsÌę(15 April 2024).Related link:Ìę
âThe Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada,â Oxford Human Rights Hub (18 March 2024) (with Florence Ashley and Samuel Singer).
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âLes conjoints de fait devraient aussi ĂȘtre protĂ©gĂ©s : Le QuĂ©bec et lâOntario devraient appliquer le mĂȘme partage des biens aux Ă©poux et aux conjoints de fait,â IRPP Policy Options (18 September 2023).
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âRobust Public Debate Needed on Use of Notwithstanding Clause,â IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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âLe recours Ă la disposition de dĂ©rogation doit faire lâobjet dâun solide dĂ©bat public,â IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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âBill 96: An Attack on Justice and Fundamental Rights,â IRPP Policy Options (20 May 2022).
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âLoi 96: une atteinte Ă la justice et aux droits fondamentaux,â IRPP Policy Options (20 May 2022).
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"Transfer Authority of Child Welfare to Indigenous Communities," IRPP Policy Options (20 April 2022).
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âQuebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,â IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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âThe Faulty Received Wisdom around the Notwithstanding Clause,â IRPP Policy Options (10 May 2019).
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âPolitical Factors in Judicial Appointments,â Policy Options (1 October 2015).
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âSuspended Declarations of Invalidity and and the Rule of Law,â U.K. Const. L. Blog (12 March 2014)
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"Sameness and Change Respecting Unmarried Couples," STEP Inside: Newsletter of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Canada) (May 2013, 5â6).
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"The Charter & Family Law: The First 30 Years" Special NJI Family Law e-Letter 208A (17 April 2012) (National Judicial Institute) (with Nicholas Bala).
"Le droit familial au QuĂ©bec: une rĂ©flexion sâimpose",ÌęBulletin de liaison: FĂ©dĂ©ration des associations de familles monoparentales et recomposĂ©es du QuĂ©becÌę34(2), 4-5 (October 2009).
"Lawmakers Should Create Intermediate Parenting Category" (2007) The Lawyers Weekly 9 November 2007
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"A Matter of Distributing Public Goods Equally" 23:19 The Lawyers Weekly (19 September 2003).
Books and monographs
Natasha Bakht, Vanessa Gruben, Shelley Kierstead & Robert Leckey,ÌęFamilies and the Law: Cases and Commentary, 4th ed. (Concord, ON: Captus Press, 2024).
(Montreal: Yvon Blais, 2017) (original collection edited with Anne-Sophie Hulin), 131 pp.
La responsabilitĂ© de la doctrine, guest-edited special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the Paul-AndrĂ© CrĂ©peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, (2016) 118:2 La Revue du Notariat, pp. 239â358 (four peer-reviewed papers plus editorâs introduction).
(London: Routledge, 2017) (edited volume) 492 pp.
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 256 pp.
Les apparences en droit civil (Cowansville, QC: Yvon Blais, 2015) (original collection edited with Anne-Sophie Hulin and Lionel Smith), 221 pp.
After Equality, guest-edited special issue, (2015) 27:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 172 pp. (6 peer-reviewed papers plus editorâs introduction).
(Abingdon: Routledge, 2015) (edited collection).
Queer Theory: Law, Culture, Empire (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010) (ed. by Robert Leckey and Kim Brooks), 222 pp.
Contextual Subjects: Family, State, and Relational Theory (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008), 355 pp.
Articles/chapters in books and monographs
âLegislative Choices in Using Section 33 and Judicial Scrutinyâ in Peter L Biro, ed,ÌęThe Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and ControversiesÌę(Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024) 111â31.
âReligion and Same-Sex Marriageâ in Safa Ben Saad, David Koussens & Benjamin Prudâhomme, eds., La religion en droit de la famille: Le religieux comme variable de prise de dĂ©cision dans un droit familial laĂŻcisĂ© (Montreal: ThĂ©mis, 2020) 11â26.
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âCohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interestâ in Elizabeth Brake & Lucinda Ferguson, eds., Philosophical Foundations of Childrenâs and Family Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 115â33.
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âMarriage and the Data on Same-sex Couplesâ in Susan Millns & Simone Wong, eds., Wealth and Poverty in Close Personal Relationships: Money Matters (London: Routledge, 2017) 101â17.
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âMarriage, Family, and Federal Concernsâ in Peter Oliver, Patrick Macklem & Nathalie Des Rosiers, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) 575â94 (with Carol Rogerson).
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âLes droits de la personne et le litige en protection de lâenfanceâ in Karine Poitras, Claire Baudry & Dominique Goubau, eds., Lâenfant et le litige en matiĂšre de protection: psychologie et droit (QuĂ©bec: Presses de lâUniversitĂ© du QuĂ©bec, 2016) 185â209 (with Nicholas Bala).
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âShifting Scrutiny: Private Ordering in Family Matters in Common-Law Canadaâ in Frederik Swennen, ed., Contractualisation of Family Law â Global Perspectives (Dordrecht: Springer, 2015) 93â112.
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âIntroduction: After Legal Equalityâ in Robert Leckey, ed., After Legal Equality: Family, Sex, Kinship (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015) 1â21.
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âIntroductionâ in Robert Leckey & Kim Brooks, eds., Queer Theory: Law, Culture, Empire (Abingdon: Routledge, 2010) 1-18 (with Kim Brooks).
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"What Is Left of Pelech?" in Jamie Cameron, ed., Reflections on the Legacy of Justice Bertha Wilson (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2008) 103-29; also published as (2008) 41 Supreme Court L.R. (2d) 103-29.
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"Legislation and Bilingualism" in Michel Bastarache, ed., Language Rights in Canada, 2d ed. (Cowansville, Qc.: Yvon Blais, 2004) 37-139 (1st ed. by A. Braën).
"The Private Law of Language" in Bastarache, ibid., 453-525 (1st ed. by E. Didier).
French translations published in Michel Bastarache, ed., Les droits linguistiques au Canada, 2d ed. (Cowansville, Qc.: Yvon Blais, 2004).
Reviews
Review: Nausica Palazzo,ÌęLegal Recognition of Non-Conjugal Families: New Frontiers in Family Law in the US, Canada and EuropeÌę(Oxford: Hart, 2021)Ìę(2021) 35:1ÌęInternational Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, ebab038.ÌęRelated link:Ìę
Review: Alice Margaria,ÌęThe Construction of Fatherhood: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human RightsÌę(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)Ìę(2021) 30:5ÌęSocial & Legal StudiesÌę810â13.ÌęRelated link:Ìę
Review: Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queenâs University Press, 2020) (2021) 36:1 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 183â4.
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Review: Libby Adler, Gay Priori, A Queer Critical Legal Studies Approach to Law Reform (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018) (2020) 23:4 Sexualities 683â4.
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Review: Patrice Corriveau, Judging Homosexuals: A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France, trans. by KĂ€the Roth (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011) (2012) 50 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 275â82.
Review: Fiona Kelly, Transforming Lawâs Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Motherhood (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011) (2012) 24 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 482â488
Review: Sara Ahmed, The Promise of Happiness (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010) (2012) 24 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 240â56 (with Margaret Denike, Elaine Craig, Kira Tomsons, and Kim Brooks).
Review: Richard Collier, Men, Law and Gender: Essays on the âManâ of Law (Abingdon: Routledge-Cavendish, 2010); Richard Collier and Sally Sheldon, Fragmenting Fatherhood: A Socio-Legal Study (Oxford: Hart, 2008) (2011) 20 Social & Legal Studies 123â6.
Review article: âLanguage and Judgmentâs Reach: Reflecting on Limits on Rightsâ (Luc B. Tremblay & GrĂ©goire C.N. Webber, eds., The Limitation of Charter Rights: Critical Essays on R. v. Oakes (Montreal: ThĂ©mis, 2009)) (2010) 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 1031-44.
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Review: Maurice Tancelin, Des obligations en droit mixte du Québec, 7th ed. (Montreal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2009), [2009] Uniform Law Review 1061-6.
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Review article: "Territoriality in Canadian Administrative Law" (2004) 54 University of Toronto Law Journal 327-64.
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Conference proceedings
âMixed Method, Controversy, and Abiding Influenceâ in Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier & Daniel Jutras, eds., The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonaldâs Legal Imagination (Montreal & Kingston: McGillâQueenâs University Press, 2015) 41â6.
âLe passĂ© de lâadoptĂ© aux frontiĂšres du droitâ in Institut canadien dâĂ©tudes juridiques supĂ©rieures, ed., Droits de la personne: La circulation des idĂ©es, des personnes et des biens et capitauxÌę(Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2013) 487â504.
"Particular Justice: Michel Bastarache and Family Law" in Nicolas Lambert, ed., à l'avant-garde de la dualité: Mélanges en l'honneur de Michel Bastarache/At the Forefront of Duality: Essays in Honour of Michel Bastarache (Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2011) 117-41.
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"Filiation and the Translation of Legal Concepts" in Eleanor Cashin Ritaine, ed., Legal Engineering and Comparative Law, vol. 2 (Geneva: Schulthess, 2009) 123-41.
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"Harmoniser le droit dans un espace multilingue et pluri-juridique: un point de vue canadien" [2008] Uniform Law Review 39-58.
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"Following Same-Sex Marriage: Redefining Marriage and the Impact for Polygamy" (2007) 2(1) Les ateliers de lâĂ©thique: la revue du CRĂUM 30-35.
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"Language Regulation in New Brunswickâs Private Sector" (2006) 32 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 85.
Research reports
Economic Practices and Social and Legal Representations of Life Together: Portrait of Ontario (Montreal: INRS â Urbanisation Culture SociĂ©tĂ©, 2023) (with HĂ©lĂšne Belleau, Carmen LavallĂ©e & Maude Pugliese), 106 pp.
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âIntroduction aux rapports dâexpertsâ in Commission dâenquĂȘte sur le processus de nomination des juges du QuĂ©bec, Annexes (QuĂ©bec: Publications du QuĂ©bec, 2011) 101â12.
"Families in the Eyes of the Law: Contemporary Challenges and the Grip of the Past." 2009. IRPP Choices 15 (8), 44 pp. (refereed policy paper).
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Media articles
âComment la loi 21 adoptĂ©e sous le bĂąillon a modifiĂ© la Charte quĂ©bĂ©coise,âÌęLa Presse+ (14 June 2024, Dialogue, screen 6) (withÌęOscar Bourgeois).
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âDroit familial: Une rĂ©forme dĂ©jĂ dĂ©passĂ©e?,âÌęLa Presse+Ìę(29 March 2024, Dialogue, screen 8).
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âSâen prendre aux personnes trans comme stratĂ©gie politique,â La Presse+ (9 February 2024, Dialogue, screen 4).
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âRendre la protection de lâenfance aux communautĂ©s autochtones,â La Presse+ (14 February 2024, Dialogue, screen 6).
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âHastily Drafted Pronoun Policies Ignore the Nuances of Family and Child Protection Laws,â Op-ed,ÌęThe Globe and MailÌę(5 October 2023) (with Samuel Singer and Florence Ashley).
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âWhat Role Will the Courts Play in Quebec's French-Language Law?,â CTV News (12 June 2022).
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âProjet de loi 96: DĂ©fis dâinterprĂ©tation et le rĂŽle des tribunaux,â La Presse+ (11 June 2022, DĂ©bats, screen 12).
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âGare Ă la politisation indue de la nomination des juges,â Op-ed, Le Devoir (26 April 2022, A7).
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"Bilan de la derniÚre année universitaire: Il y a toujours une place pour des campus vibrants," Op-ed, La Presse+ (21 April 2022, Débats, screen 8).
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âLe projet de loi 2 nĂ©gligerait certaines situations parentales,â Op-ed, Le Devoir (13 November 2021, B10).
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âAffaire Ward et Gabriel. Quel espoir pour la dĂ©fense de la dignitĂ©?,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (6 November 2021, DĂ©bats, screen 11) (with Pierre-Gabriel Jobin).
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â,â Op-ed, CTV News (27 August 2021).
â,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (27 August 2021, DĂ©bats, screen 8).
â,â Op-ed, The [Toronto] Star (11 June 2021, A15).
âDroits des personnes trans et non binaires: QuĂ©bec a lâoccasion de faire amende honorable,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (5 February 2021, DĂ©bats, screen 8).
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âLoi sur la laĂŻcitĂ© de l'Ătat. LâindĂ©pendance de la magistrature,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (6 December 2019, DĂ©bats, screen 7).
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âQuebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,â IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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âAmid Bill 21, The Dreams of Quebecâs Openly Religious Law School Students Hang in the Balance,â Op-ed, National Observer (3 September 2019).
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âAvoir ou ne pas avoir trois parents,â Op-ed, Le Devoir (27 August 2019, A6).
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âThe Faulty Received Wisdom around the Notwithstanding Clause,â IRPP Policy Options (10 May 2019).
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âLoi sur la laĂŻcitĂ©: un bien pauvre projet de sociĂ©tĂ©,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (26 March 2019, DĂ©bats, screen 5).
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âUn gouvernement de sondeurs ou de leaders,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (4 April 2019, DĂ©bats, screen 6).
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âQuebecâs Religious Symbols Ban Is Striking Not for Its Novelty, But for Its Unfortunate Familiarity,â Op-ed, CBC (5 April 2019).
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âFifteen Years after Equal Marriage, and Much Work to Be Done,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (12 June 2018, A15).
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âSystĂšme de justice: lâheure du âbuffet ouvertâ est rĂ©volue,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (23 April 2018, DĂ©bats, screen 7).
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âProjet de loi sur la neutralitĂ© religieuse de lâĂtat: des retombĂ©es qui risquent dâĂȘtre minces,â Op-ed, La Presse+(18 October 2017, DĂ©bats, screen 6).
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"Teaching McGill law students about indigenous legal traditions," The Montreal Gazette (5 January 5, 2017)
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âLes commissions dâenquĂȘte en cinq actes,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (22 December 2016, DĂ©bats, screen 2).
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âPicking a Judge Is a Subjective and Political Choice,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (18 October 2016, A11).
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âQuĂ©bec doit agir rapidement: LâintĂ©rĂȘt des enfants nĂ©s de mĂšres porteuses exige que le gouvernement se penche sur cette question,â Op-ed, La Presse+ (26 January 2016, DĂ©bats, screen 4).
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âThereâs No Room for Delay When Charter Rights Are Being Violated,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (12 January 2016, A12).
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âOne More Hurdle for Transgender Youth,â Op-ed, The Gazette (9 September 2015, A23) (with Kimberley Manning).
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âJulie Snyder face Ă lâincohĂ©rence des lois,â Op-ed, Le Devoir (6 July 2015, A7).
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âLes nouvelles sources de la vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© familiale,â Op-ed, La Presse (2 July 2015, A15).
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âGay Marriage Another Step on the U.S. Road to Social Justice,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (26 June 2015).
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âOttawa Must Now Draft an Assisted-Suicide Law. It Should Look to Quebec,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (6 February 2015).
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"Canada's misguided approach to HIV," Op-ed, The Toronto Star (30 November 2014)
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âDĂ©nonciations: Quelques distinctions sâimposent,â Op-ed, La Presse (12 November 2014, A20).
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âAssisted Suicide: Parliamentâs Delinquency,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (16 October 2014, A11).
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âOttawa Must View Sex Work through a Bigger Lens,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (9 September 2014).
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âSoyons fidĂšles Ă nos droits et valeurs,â Op-ed, La Presse (12 June 2014, A26).
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âInfertilitĂ© et assurance âmaladieâ?â, Ă©ditorial, Le Soleil (3 May 2014, 34).
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âHas the Supreme Court Made Harper an Accidental Reformer?,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (25 April 2014).
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âĂ votre tour de vous faire entendreâ, Ă©ditorial, La Presse (16 April 2014, A17).
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âThe Essential Question Raised by Bill 60,â Op-ed, The Gazette (7 February 2014, A17).
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âLa vraie question,â Op-ed, La Presse (29 January 2014, A16).
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âGay Rights: Battle is far from won,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (13 December 2013, A15).
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âUne rĂ©forme prĂ©maturĂ©e,â Op-ed, La Presse (9 December 2013, A23).
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"Quebec should be as tolerant of religious diversity as it has been of sexual orientation." Op-ed, The Gazette (19 September 2013, A19) with Prof. Robert Wintemute, KCL.
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âA Decade of Same-Sex Marriage in Ontario,â Op-ed, Ottawa Citizen (10 June 2013, A9).
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âAfter a Decade of Same-sex Marriage, Issues Remain,â Op-ed, The Gazette (10 April 2013, A19).
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âMessage to Ottawa: Gay Marriage Is Settled, Right?,â Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (14 January 2013, A11).
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âGare Ă lâinflation lĂ©gislative,â Op-ed, La Presse (25 October 2012, A27).
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"HIV Sex Ruling: What Criminal Law Shouldnât Be Saying", Op-ed, The Gazette (11 October 2012, A17).
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"It Takes More Than a Verdict to Win Equality", Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (13 January 2012).
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"Cohabitantsâ Battles Raises Hurdles for Charter Claims", Op-ed, The Lawyers Weekly (28 May 2010, 14, 16).
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"Le projet de loi 94 risque d'enfreindre la liberté de religion", Op-ed, Cyberpresse (15 April 2010).
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"L'union de fait: un droit dépassé", Op-ed, La Presse (4 November 2010, A27).
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"Parentage Is about More Than DNA", Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (28 October 2010, A21).
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"Unmarried-Couples Law Hasnât Kept up with the Times: Quebec Must Review the Rules in Light of Current Marriage Realitiesâ, Op-ed, The Gazette (5 November 2010).
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âĂtre pĂšre, nâest-ce quâune question de gĂšnes?â, Op-ed, Le Soleil (15 July 2009).
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"Adoptive Parents Aren't Second Best", Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (9 October 2009, A17).
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"Ătre pĂšre, une question de gĂšnes?," Op-ed, Le Devoir (17 July 2009, A9).
"Fatherhood Is Determined by More Than Just DNA", Op-ed, The Gazette (10 July 2009, A17).
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"Legal Fatherhood Must Be Determined by More than DNA", Op-ed, The Vancouver Sun (4 August 2009, A9).
"Legal Strangers", Op-ed, National Post (11 February 2009, A13).
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"Too Many Unmarried Couples Are Ignorant of the Law", Op-ed, The Gazette (18 July 2009, B7).
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"Une réforme qui sape le sens de l'adoption", Op-ed, Le Devoir (22 October 2009, A9).
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"Lest We Forget", Letter to the Editor, The Globe and Mail (13 June 2008, A14).
"The World Needs More Canada", Letter to the Editor, The Globe and Mail (13 August 2008, A12).
"Cuts Like a Knife," Letter to the Editor, The Globe and Mail (2 October 2006, A14).
"The PM Is Not Championing a Tradition of Marriage," Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (5 October 2006, A19).
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"The Marriage Debate," Letter to the Editor, The Globe and Mail (20 June 2003).