Publications
Books
- Quebec Civil Law [:] An Introduction to Quebec Private Law, (with R.A. Macdonald et al.) Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1993, pp. 724.
- Private Law Dictionary and Bilingual Lexicons, (with R. Kouri et al.) Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, Montreal: 1st ed., 1988, pp. xxxi, 291; 2nd ed., 1991, pp. xxxvii, 611.
- Dictionnaire de droit privé et lexiques bilingues, (with P.-A. Crépeau et al.) Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, Montreal, 2nd ed., 1991 pp. xl, 740.
- Major Legal Systems in the World Today (with René David) London: Stevens and Sons; New York: The Free Press (Macmillan), 1st ed., 1968, pp. xv, 528; 2nd ed., London: Stevens and Sons; New York: The Free Press (Macmillan), 1978, pp. xv, 584; 3rd Edition, London: Stevens and Sons, 1985, pp. xvi, 624.
- [1988 reprint in The Legal Classics Library, Gryphon Editions, Birmingham, Alabama and translated into Chinese (pirated edition: trans. Qi Zhusheng, Shanghai Translation Press, Shanghai, P.R. China) and into braille (The Open University, U.K.).]
- Code civil-Civil Code 1866-1980 Edition historique et critique - An Historical and Critical Edition (with P.-A. Crépeau) Montreal: SOQUIJ 1981; pp. cvii, 1304.
- Supplement Code civil-Civil Code, (with P.-A. Crépeau) Montreal: SOQUIJ, 1983; pp. XVII, 169.
Monographs
- Arbitrage conventionnel au Canada et spécialement dans le droit privé de la province de Québec, Paris: Université de Paris, Faculté de droit et des sciences économiques, 1964 (mimeographed) pp. 298, xxxii.
Articles, Comments and Papers
- âThe Gratuitous Trust: A New Liberality in Quebec Lawâ in J.E.C. Brierley et al., eds., MĂ©langes offerts Ă / Presented to Paul-AndrĂ© CrĂ©peau, Cowansville, Qc.:Yvon Blais, 1997, p. 119-153; (1998) 100 Revue du Notariat 213-250.
- âPostfaceâ in J.E.C. Brierley et al. eds., MĂ©langes offerts / presented to Paul-AndrĂ© CrĂ©peau, Cowansville, Qc.: Yvon Blais, 1997, p. 719-721.
- âReview of the Federal Real Property Act / Loi sur les immeubles fĂ©dĂ©raux in the light of the coming into force of the Civil Code of QuĂ©becâ in Department of the Minister of Justice (Canada), The Harmonization of Federal Legislation with Quebec Civil Law and Canadian Bijuralism / Lâharmonisation de la legislation fĂ©dĂ©rale avec le droit civil quebĂ©cois et le bijuridisme canadien, 1997, p. 793-852; and âReview of the Proposals to amend the Federal Real Property Act / Loi sur les immeubles fĂ©dĂ©raux in light of the bijural and bilingual character of federal statutory instrumentsâ, (with N. Kasirer) p. 853-862.
- âRegards sur le droit des biens dans le nouveau Code civil du QuĂ©becâ, Revue internationale de droit comparĂ© (Paris), 33-49 (1995, n° 1).
- Index to the Archives of the Civil Code Revision Office, (with N. Kasirer), Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, Montreal: 1995 651 p., also published online.
- âReception of English Law in the Canadian Province of Quebecâ in M. Doucet and J. Vanderlinden, eds., La reception des systĂšmes juridiques: implantation et destin (Brussels: Emile Bruylant, 1994), 103-137.
- âPrefaceâ to volume 39, no. 4 (1994) McGill Law Journal [special number devoted to the Civil Code of QuĂ©bec] 743-746.
- âLes langues du Code civil du QuĂ©becâ in P.-A. CĂŽtĂ©, ed., Le nouveau Code civil. InterprĂ©tation et application (Les journĂ©es Maximilien-Caron 1992), Montreal: ThĂ©mis, 1993, 129-146.
- âLegal Education in Canadaâ in Russell L. Weaver and Janet L. Richards, eds., âSymposium: Winds of Change - A Global Look at Legal Educationâ (1993) 72 Oregon Law Review 977-981.
- âThe New Quebec Law of Trusts: The Adaptation of Common Law Thought to Civil Law Conceptsâ in H.P. Glenn, ed., Droit quĂ©bĂ©cois et droit français: communautĂ©. concordance, autonomie, Assoc. Henri Capitant, Assoc. quĂ©bĂ©coise du droit comparĂ© and Institute of Comparative Law, Ïăœ¶ÊÓÆ”, Cowansville, Qc.,: Yvon Blais, 1993, p. 383-397.
- âDes restrictions Ă la libre disposition de certains biens (Des stipulations dâinaliĂ©nabilitĂ©; De la substitution)â in Barreau du QuĂ©bec and Chambre des notaires du QuĂ©bec, La rĂ©forme du Code civil, t. 1 (Quebec City: Presses de lâUniversitĂ© Laval, 1993), p. 711-734.
- âDe certains patrimoines dâaffectation (De la fondation; De la fiducie)â in Barreau du QuĂ©bec and Chambre des notaires du QuĂ©bec, La rĂ©forme du Code civil, t. 1 (Quebec City: Presses de lâUniversitĂ© Laval, 1993), p. 735-782.
- âDu jeu et du pan; de la transaction; de la convention dâarbitrageâ in Barreau du QuĂ©bec: Chambre des notaires du QuĂ©bec, La rĂ©forme du Code civil, t. 2 (Quebec City: Presses de lâUniversitĂ© Laval, 1993), p. 1061-1092.
- âBijuralism in Canadaâ in H.P. Glenn, ed., Contemporary Law / Droit contemporain, Canadian Reports to the 1990 International Congress of Comparative Law, Montreal, 1990, Montreal: Institute of Comparative Law, Yvon Blais, 1992, 22-43.
- âThe Civil Law in Canadaâ (1992) 84 Law Library Journal (American Assoc. of Law Libraries) 159-169.
- âPrefaceâ to McGill Law Journal [Special Number] Resolution of International Disputes (1992) 37 McGill L.J. 373-74.
- âThe Power of Appointment in Quebec Civil Lawâ (1992) 95 Revue du Notariat 131-67; 245-264.
- âThe Renewal of Quebecâs Distinct Legal Culture: The New Civil Code of QuĂ©becâ 1992 Cecil Wright Memorial Lecture, (1992) 42 University of Toronto Law Journal 484-503.
- âArbitrage et idĂ©e de droit dans la pensĂ©e juridique rĂ©volutionnaire française et dans le systĂšme juridique du QuĂ©becâ in S. Simard, ed., La RĂ©volution française au Canada français, University of Ottawa Press: Ottawa, Paris, 1991, 365-378.
- âEquity and Good Conscience and Amiable Composition in Canadian Arbitration Lawâ in Bradley Crawford et al., eds., Essays in Honour of Jacob S. Ziegel (1991) 19 Canadian Business Law Journal 461-484.
- âFiduciary Institutions in Quebec other than the Common law Trustâ in D. Waters, ed., Proceedings of the International Academy Estates and Trusts Law of 1991, San Francisco: Microgeneration.
- [Case Comment] âWills - General Powers of Appointment in Wills - Bare powers and Trust powers - Ontario and Quebec Compared: Re Nicholls; Royal Trust v. Brodieâ (1990) 69 Can. Bar Rev. 364-379.
- âLa notion de droit commun dans un systĂšme de droit mixte: le cas de la province de QuĂ©becâ in La formation du droit national dans les pays de droit mixte, UniversitĂ© de droit, dâĂ©conomie et des sciences dâAix-Marseille, Presses universitaires dâAix-Marseille: 1989, 103-118.
- âQuebecâs âCommon Lawsâ (droits communs): How Many Are There?â in E. Caparros, ed., MĂ©langes Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1989, 109-128.
- âLe rĂ©gime juridique des fondations au QuĂ©becâ in RenĂ©-Jean Dupuy ed., Le droit des fondations en France et a lâĂ©tranger (papers presented at the colloquim held at the Fondation Hugot du College de France, 29 and 30 January 1988), Coll. Notes et Ă©tudes documentaires, n° 4879, La documentation française, Paris, 1989, 81-96.
- âSources of Civil Law: The Wainwright Collectionâ (with M.L. Renshawe), (1988) 1 Fontanus 77-83, Ïăœ¶ÊÓÆ”.
- âCanadian Acceptance of International Commercial Arbitrationâ (1988) 40 Maine L.R. 287-303.
- âCanadaâ in [Italian legal encyclopedia] Digesto Quarta Edizione, Torino: Unione Tipigrafico-Editrice Torinese, 1988 (16 pp.). (Translation by Andrea Casalegno) 1988.
- âSubstitutions, stipulations dâinaliĂ©nabilitĂ©, fiducies et fondationsâ in Chambre des notaires du QuĂ©bec, (1988) 3 Cours de perfectionnement 243-279.
- âQuebecâs New (1986) Arbitration Lawâ (1987-1988) 13 Canadian Business Law Journal 58-69
- âHistorical Aspects of Law Teaching in Quebecâ in R.J. Matas and D.J. McCawley, eds., Legal Education in Canada, Federation of Law Societies of Canada, Montreal, 1987, 146-153.
- âProvincially Appointed Judgesâ, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Committee on Judicial Appointments, Judicial Selection in Canada, 1987, 85-92.
- âUne loi nouvelle pour le QuĂ©bec en matiĂšre dâarbitrageâ (1987) 47 Revue du Barreau 259-271.
- âLa convention dâarbitrage en droit quĂ©bĂ©cois interneâ in Chambre des notaires du QuĂ©bec, (1987) Cours de perfectionnement 507-572.
- âThe English Language Tradition in Quebec Civil Lawâ in LâactualitĂ© terminologigue / Terminology Update, Dept. of the Secretary of State of Canada, vol. 20, no. 6, 1987, 16-18 (1987).
- âQuebec Legal Education Since 1945: Cultural Paradoxes and Traditional Ambiguitiesâ (11th Horace E. Read Memorial Lecture, Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, N.S. 20 Sept. 1985), (1986) 10 Dalhousie Law Journal 5-44.
- âOverview of International Commercial Arbitration Law in Quebec and in the Canadian Common Law Provincesâ in N. Antaki and A. Prujiner eds., LâArbitrage commercial international International / Commercial Arbitration [Proceedings of the First International Commercial Arbitration Conference] FacultĂ© de droit, UniversitĂ© Laval, October 1985, Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur,1986, 273-281.
- âF.R. Scott, in Memoriamâ The National vol. 12, no. 4.
- âQuebec Arbitration Law: A New Era Beginsâ (Sept. 1985) The Arbitration Journal (New York) Sept. 1985, vol. 40, no. 3, 20-26.
- [Entries on] âCivil Lawâ (p. 348, vol. 1); âCommon Lawâ (p. 379, vol. 1); âCharles Dohertyâ (p. 502, vol. I); âLawâ (with S. Waddams, p. 984-985, vol. II); âP.-B. Mignaultâ (p. 1130-3 1, vol. II); âProperty Lawâ (with G. Bale, p. 1492-1493, vol. III); âWilliam Smith C.J.â (p. 1709, vol. III); âStare Decisisâ (p. 1753, vol. III), The Canadian Encyclopedia, Edmonton: Hurtig, 1985.
- [Biographical entries on] âG.E. Cartier,â p. 105-106; âJames Crankshaw,â p. 136; âJ. CrĂ©mazie,â p. 136; âF.-J. Cugnet,â p. 139; âC.J. Doherty,â p. 154; âE. Lafleur,â p. 300-301; âR.W. Lee,â p. 309; âJ.J. MacLaren,â p. 335-336; âP.-B. Mignault,â p. 363; âJames Monk,â p. 368; âW.R. Riddell,â p. 446-447; âJonathan Sewell,â p. 471; âH.A. Smith,â p. 478; âJ.S.D. Thompson,â p. 503-504; âF.P. Walton,â p. 523-524; A.W.B. Simpson (ed.), Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law, London: Butterworths, 1984, pp. XXV, 560.
- âIntroductionâ in ââLâaffaire Tuckerâ sous les feux du droit compareâ p. 3-5 (with M. Cantin Cumyn, Y. Pratte and A.J. McClean), (1984) 15 Revue de droit de lâUniversitĂ© de Sherbrooke 3-43.
- âDevelopments in Legal Education at McGill 1970-1980â (1982) 7 Dal. Law J. 364-374.
- [Preface] âF.R. Scott (1981) 25 McGill L.J. 1.
- âForewordâ in M. Cantin Cumyn, Les droits des bĂ©nĂ©ficiaires dâun usufruit, dâune substitution et dâune fiducie, McGill Legal Studies No. 4, Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1980, 2 p.
- âThe Trust in Quebecâ (with Y.-A. Caron), (1980) 25 McGill L.J. 421-440 and âEditorâs Post Scriptumâ loc. cit., 440-44.
- âThe Co-Existence of Legal Systems in Quebec: Free and Common Socage in Canadaâs âpays de droit civilââ in âHommages Ă Jean-Charles Bonenfantâ (1979) 20 Cahiers de droit 277-287.
- Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Volume (1979) 25 McGill L.J. 1-2.
- âCanadaâ (with J.S. Ziegel) in V. Knopp, ed., International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, vol. 1, National Reports, International Association of Legal Science, Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1979, pp. C-l1 - C-35.
- âLegal Education, Admission to the Bar and Practice in Canadaâ (1976) 45 The Bar Examiner 36-40.
- âLa clause compromissoire: sa validitĂ© demeure-t-elle incertaine en droit quĂ©bĂ©cois?â (1975) 2 Revue française de 1âArbitrage 154-158.
- âInternational Trade Arbitration: The Canadian Viewpointâ in R. St. J. Macdonald ed., Canadian Perspectives on International Law, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, 826-841.
- âAuthorities in the Civil Lawâ (annotated translation of portions of J. Carbonnier, Droit civil, t. I, 1969) in J. Dainow, ed., Role of Judicial Decisions and Doctrine in Civil Law and Mixed Jurisdictions, Institute of Civil Law Studies, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974, 91-118.
- âThe Civil Law System in Canadaâ, Canadian Association of Law Libraries, Proceedings, May 1973, 36-43.
- âHusband and Wife in the Law of Quebec: A 1970 Conspectusâ in D. Mendes da Costa, ed., Studies in Canadian Family Law, Toronto: Butterworths and Co., 1972, vol. 2, 795-844.
- âSuccession, Gifts and Willsâ [Policy Papers], Civil Code Revision Office, Montreal, Part I, General Scheme of Gratuitous Transfers and Transmissions (March 1972); Part II, Mechanics of Estate Administration and Liquidation (May 1972), 199 p.
- âRecent Reforms in Quebec Matrimonial Property Lawâ (1971) 2 Reports of Family Law 418-428.
- âObservations on the Document de travail EE/C/3 of 16 November 1971 relating to Arbitrationâ Civil Code Revision Office, 1972, 24 p.
- âAspects of the Promise to Arbitrate in the Law of Quebecâ (1970) 30 Revue du Barreau 473-489.
- âThe Canadian Legal Systemâ in Handbook to the United States and Canada, London: Anthony Blond, 1970.
- âQuebecâs Civil Law Codification: Viewed and Reviewedâ (1968) 14 McGill L.J. 521-589.
- [Case Comment] Saint-Pierre v. McCarthy (1958) 4 McGill L.J. 298-301.
Editorial Function (Series)
- W.C.J. Meredith Memorial Lectures
- Administrative Boards and Commissions, Montreal: Faculty of Law, McGill University, Wilson and Lafleur, 1961, 85 p.
- Five Lectures on Wills and Estates, Montreal: Faculty of Law, McGill University, Wilson and Lafleur, 1961, 103 p.
- Wainwright Memorial Lectures (General Editor)
- Fourth Series, 1982, McClean, A.J. The Quebec Trust: Role Rich and Principle Poor? (1984), 29 McGill L.J. 312-325.
- Third Series, 1978, Batiffol, H. Loi et la liberté (1979), 25 McGill L.J. 143-153.
- Second Series, 1976, Dainow, J. Civil Law in a Mixed Jurisdiction, unpublished typescript on deposit in the Law Library, Faculty of Law, McGill University, vii, ll4 p.
- First Series, 1973, Mayrand, A. La personne humaine est inviolable, Montreal: Wilson and Lafleur, 1975, 228 p.
Others
- âThe Development of the Concept of the Right of Ownership in the Contemporary Civil Law of Russiaâ by Y.A. Sukhanov (with Linda Jensen), Moscow State University, (1999) 44 McGill Law Journal 301.
- Mélanges offerts / Presented to Paul-André Crépeau, with D. Jutras, N. Kasirer, R.A. Macdonald and Y. -M. Morissette, eds., Cowansville, Qc., Yvon Blais, 1997, 721 p.
- Savoir des juges et savoir des juristes by Christian Atias, Montreal: Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, 1990, pp. xiii, 164. McGill Legal Studies No. 6.
- General Editor (with P.-A. Crépeau) Civil Law Treatise (English language version of the Traité de droit civil de Québec), Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, Montreal 1990.
- Editorial Annotations in Jacques BĂ©guin, Lâarbitrage commercial international, Institute of Comparative Law, Ïăœ¶ÊÓÆ”, Collection de droit comparĂ©, 1987.
- The Unborn Childâs Right to Prenatal Care - The Comparative Law Perspective by E.W. Keyserlingk Montreal: Quebec Research Centre for Private and Comparative Law, 1984, pp. xiii, 211. McGill Legal Studies No. 5.
Book Reviews
- de Wuif, C. âThe Trust and Corresponding Institutions in the Civil Lawâ (1967) 13 McGill L.J. 510-512.
- Payne, J. âDigest of Cases and Materials on the Divorce Act, 1968â (1971) 17 McGill L.J. 600-02.
- Kos-Rabcewicz- Zubkowski, âEast European Rules on the Validity of Commercial Arbitration Agreementsâ (1971) 49 Can. Bar Rev. 492-94.
- Mayrand, A. âLes Successions ab intestatâ (1972) 18 McGill L.J. 270-71.
- Azard and Bisson, âDroit civil quĂ©bĂ©coisâ (1972) 22 University of Toronto L.J. 215- 218.
- Caparros, E. and Goulet, J., âLa documentation juridiqueâ (1974) 20 McGill L.J. 620-622.
- Popovici, A., ed., âProblĂšmes de droit contemporain (MĂ©langes L. Baudouin)â (1975) 21 McGill L.J. 468-469.
- Clarence Smith, J., âPrivate Law in Canada/Le droit privĂ© au Canadaâ (1976) 8 Ottawa L.R. 262-265.
- Deslauriers, I.-J., âLa Cour supĂ©rieure du QuĂ©bec et ses juges 1849-1980â (1982) 60 Can. Bar Rev. 222-223.
- Mustill, M.J. and Boyd, S.C., âThe Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration in Englandâ (1990) 69 Can. Bar Rev. 185-190.
- New Zealand Law Reform Commission, âArbitration -- Report No. 20 (1991)â (1992) 71 Can. Bar Rev. 415-17.
- C.M. Germain, âTransnational Law Research -- A Guide for Attorneysâ (1992) 71 Can. Bar Rev. 420-21.
- James R. Fox, âDictionary of International and Comparative Lawâ (1993) 72 Can. Bar Rev. 121-23.
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