Publications
Books
Monographs
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Textes constitutionnels et documents (nationaux, internationaux) relatifs aux droits humains, 2nd ed., Montreal: Éditions JFD, 2017, 302 pages
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Common Law and Civil Law: A Comparative Primer / Droit civil et common law : convergences et divergences, Montreal: Éditions Thémis, 2017, 160 pages (with J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens)
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The Law of Independence – Quebec, Montenegro, Kosovo, Scotland, Catalonia, Toronto : LexisNexis, 2017, 131 pages (with F. Bérard)
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Droit à l’indépendance – Québec, Monténégro, Kosovo, Écosse, Catalogne, Montreal: Édition XYZ, 2015, 271 pages (with F. Bérard)
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Précis de droit international public – théorie, sources, interlégalité, sujets, 2nd ed., Montreal: LexisNexis, 2015, 453 pages
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Textes constitutionnels et documents (nationaux, internationaux) relatifs aux droits humains, Montreal: Éditions JFD, 2015, 307 pages
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Précis d'interprétation législative, 2nd ed., Montreal: LexisNexis, 2014, 553 pages (with F. Bérard)
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Précis de droit international public – théorie, sources, interlégalité, sujets, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2012, 690 pages
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The Interpretation of Legislation in Canada, 4th ed., Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2011, 811 pages (with P.-A. Côté & M. Devinat)
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Interprétation des lois, 4th ed., Montreal: Éditions Thémis, 2009, 865 pages (with P.-A. Côté & M. Devinat)
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Handbook on Statutory Interpretation – General Methodology, Canadian Charter and International Law, Toronto: LexisNexis, 2008, 492 pages
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Précis d'interprétation législative – Méthodologie générale, Charte canadienne et droit international, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2008, 521 pages
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International Human Rights and Canadian Law – Legal Commitment, Implementation and the Charter, 4th ed., Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2007, 532 pages (with W.A. Schabas)
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The Power of Language in the Making of International Law – The Word Sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the Myth of Westphalia, Leiden & Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2004, 214 pages
Book Chapters
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"L'asymétrie comme logique nécessaire en droits linguistiques : éclairage croisé Italie-Canada", in L. O’Donnell & P. Donovan (eds.), La Loi 101 et les québécois d’expression anglaise / Bill 101 and Quebec's English-Speaking Communities, Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2019 (forthcoming), approx. 20 pages
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"The Lotus Case in Context - Sovereignty, Westphalia, Vattel, Positivism", in S. Allen, D. Costelloe, M. Fitzmaurice, P. Gragl, & E. Guntrip (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019 (forthcoming), approx. 25 pages
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"The Power of the Westphalian Myth in International Law," in W. Menezes & R.V.P.S. Gama (eds.), Paz de Westphalia: análises à luz do Direito e das Relações Internacionais, Belo Horiozonte (Brazil): Arraes Editores, 2019 (forthcoming), approx. 15 pages
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"Canada – Thinking Outside the Dualist Box? Surely Not Yet!," in F.M. Palombino (ed.), Duelling for Supremacy: International Law vs. National Fundamental Principles, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 (forthcoming), approx. 25 pages
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"Canada", in M. Mercat-Bruns, D.B. Oppenheimer & C. Sartorius (eds.), Comparative Perspectives on the Enforcement and Effectiveness of Antidiscrimination Law - Challenges and Innovative Tools, Dordrecht (Netherlands): Springer, 2018, 111-128
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"La mise en œuvre judiciaire des obligations internationales du Canada en matière de droits humains - Obstacles et embûches," in O.E. Fitzgerald, V. Hughes & M. Jewett (eds.), Reflections on Canada's Past, Present and Future in International Law / Réflexions sur le présent, le passé et l'avenir du Canada en matière de droit international, Waterloo: CIGI, 2018, 31-47
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"Post-World War I / Quiet Revolution (1920-1970) – Through the Lenses of Legal Interpretations and International Law," in E. Mendes (ed.), Celebrating 150 Years of Caselaw by the Supreme Court of Canada, Toronto : LexisNexis, 2017 (forthcoming), approx. 12 pages
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"Constitutional Interpretation: On Issues of Ontology and of Interlegality," in N. Des Rosiers P. Macklem & P. Oliver (eds.), Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017 (forthcoming), around 30 pages
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"'Texture ouverte,' droit international et interprétation de la Charte canadienne," in E. Mendes & S. Beaulac (eds.), Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, 5th ed., Toronto: LexisNexis, 2013, 191-240
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"La problématique de l'interlégalité et la méthodologie juridique – Exemples canadiens d'opérationnalisation du droit international," in J.-Y. Chérot et al. (eds.), Le droit entre autonomie et ouverture – Mélanges en l’honneur de Jean-Louis Bergel, Brussels: Bruylant, 2013, 5-16
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"Lost in Transition? – Domestic Courts, International Law and Rule of Law 'À la Carte'," in E. Kristjánsdóttir, A. Nollkaemper & C. Ryngaert (eds.), International Law in Domestic Courts – Rule of Law Reform in Post-Conflict States, Antwerp: Intersentia, 2012, 17-34
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"Interlégalité et réception du droit international en droit interne canadien et québécois," in S. Beaulac & J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens (eds.), JurisClasseur – Droit constitutionnel, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2011, 23/1-23/118
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"Canada," in D. Shelton (ed.), International Law and Domestic Legal Systems: Incorporation, Transformation, and Persuasion, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011
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"No More International Treaty Interpretation in Canada's Statutory Interpretation: A Question of Access to Domestic Travaux Préparatoires," in S. Beaulac & M. Devinat, (eds.), Interpretatio non cessat – Mélanges en l’honneur de Pierre-André Côté / Essays in Honour of Pierre-André Côté, Cowansville : Yvon Blais, 2011, 303-324
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"Thinking Outside the 'Westphalian Box': Dualism, Legal Interpretation and the Contextual Argument," in C.C. Eriksen & M. Emberland (eds.), The New International Law – An Anthology, Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2010, 17-32
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"The Rule of Law in International Law Today," in G. Palombella & N. Walker (eds.), Relocating the Rule of Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2009, 197-223
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"How Far beyond Pax Westphalica," in S. Haack & N. Neuwahl (eds.), Unresolved Issues of the European Constitution – Rethinking the Crisis, Montreal: Éditions Thémis, 2007, 383-398
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"Le droit international et l'interprétation législative: oui au contexte, non à la présomption," in O.E. Fitzgerald et al. (eds.), Règle de droit et mondialisation: rapports entre le droit international et le droit interne, Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2006, 413-454
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"Customary International Law in Domestic Courts: Imbroglio, Lord Denning, Stare Decisis," in C.P.M. Waters (ed.), British and Canadian Perspectives on International Law, Leiden & Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006, 379-392
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"International Law and Statutory Interpretation: Up with Context, Down with Presumption," in O.E. Fitzgerald et al. (eds.), The Globalized Rule of Law – Relationships between International and Domestic Law, Toronto: Irwin Law, 2006, 331-365
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"L'interprétation de la Charte: reconsidération de l'approche téléologique et réévaluation du rôle du droit international," in G.-A. Beaudoin & E.P. Mendes (eds.), Canadian Charter of Rights of Freedoms, 4th ed., Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005, 25-69 (re-printed from (2005) 27 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 1-46)
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"A Comparative Look at Punitive Damages in Canada," in S. Beaulac et al. (eds.), The Joy of Torts – Essays in Honour of Justice Allen M. Linden, Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003, 351-373 (re-printed from (2002) 17 Supreme Court Law Review (2nd) 351-373)
Direction of Works
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Introduction au droit, Montreal: Éditions Thémis, Coop Droit, 2016, 336 pages (with M.A. Grégoire, P. Noreau, R.-C. Drouin & A.-M. Boisvert)
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JurisClasseur – Droit municipal, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2014, loose-leaf (over 800 pages) (as a collection co-editor, with J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens)
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JurisClasseur – Droit administratif, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2013, loose-leaf (over 900 pages) (as a collection co-editor, with J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens)
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, 5th ed., Toronto: LexisNexis, 2013, 1411 pages (with E. Mendes)
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JurisClasseur – Droit de l’environnement, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2012, loose-leaf (over 800 pages) (as a collection co-editor, with J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens)
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JurisClasseur – Droit constitutionnel, Montreal: LexisNexis, 2011, loose-leaf (over 1200 pages) (with J.-F. Gaudreault-Desbiens)
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Interpretatio non cessat – Mélanges en l’honneur de Pierre-André Côté / Essays in Honour of Pierre-André Côté, Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2011, 363 pages (with M. Devinat)
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Guide de style juridique / Legal Style Guide, Toronto: LexisNexis, 2006, 222 pages (as the Director of the Quebec Journal of International Law)
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The Joy of Torts – Essays in Honour of Justice Allen M. Linden, Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003, 484 pages (with S.G.A. Pitel & J.L. Schulz)
Texts
Scholarly articles
Working Papers
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" La mise en oeuvre des obligations internationales du Canada en matière de droits humains - Obstacles et embûches" - Canada in International Law at 150 and Beyond / Canada et droit international : 150 ans d'histoire et perspectives d'avenir, (2018) CIGI Working Papers, no. 13, 1-13
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« Legal Interpretation in Canada: Opening Up Legislative Language as a Means to Internationalisation » (2010) University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper Series 2010/05, 1-36
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« What Rule of Law Model for Domestic Courts Using International Law in States in Transition: Thin, Thick or 'A La Carte' », (2010) Transitional Justice Institute Research Paper No. 10-13
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« An Inquiry into the International Rule of Law », (2007) EUI Max Weber Programme Series Working Paper No. 2007/14
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« Westphalia, Dualism and Contextual Interpretation: How to Better Engage International Law in Domestic Judicial Decisions » (2007) European University Institute Working Papers, MWP 2007/3, 1-16
Court Notes
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"Charkaoui v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2007] 1 SCR 350," reported in International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford University Press Online, ILDC 640 (CA 2009)
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"R v Council of Canadians, 2003 CanLII 28426," reported in International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford University Press Online, ILDC 751 (CA 2005)
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"Czech Republic v Moravek (2004), 246 DLR (4th) 22," reported in International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford University Press Online, ILDC 641 (CA 2004)
Endnotes
Short Texts
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"Afterword," in S. Hedaraly, Under the Influence? – The Use of ICC Arbitral Decisions in Canadian Law, Montreal: Éditions Thémis, 2015, 131-132
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"Bodin, Jean (1530-96)," in M.T. Gibbons (dir.), The Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford & Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, Website (2 pages)
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"Avant-propos," in J. Fouret & D. Khayat, Recueil des commentaires des décisions du CIRDI (2002-2007), Brussels: Bruylant, 2009, VII-VIII
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"Le projet de Loi sur l'identité québécoise (Projet de loi no 195) ne passe ni le test des Chartes ni celui de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme" (2008) 3 Bulletin québécois de droit constitutionnel 49-50 (with F. Chevrette, F. Crépeau, J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens and J. Leclair).
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"Examining Normative Interaction at the European University Institute" (Summer 2007) European University Institute Review 16-17
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"Bodin, Jean," in J.J. McCusker (ed.), History of World Trade since 1450, vol. 1, Farmington Hills: Thomson-Gale, 2005, 68
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"Le droit international comme élément contextuel en interprétation des lois" (2004) 6 Canadian International Lawyer 1-6
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"On the Saying that 'International Law Binds Canadian Courts'" (2003) 29 Bulletin of the Canadian Council on International Law 1-4
Conference Papers
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"La mise en oeuvre et l'effectivité du droit à la non-discrimination : rapport du Canada", in Society of Comparative Law (ed.), Conference Papers of the 20th International Congress on Comparative Law, Montevideo: Society of Comparative Law, 2016, 1-15
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"Comprendre le Renvoi sur le Sénat de 2014 en termes de Rule of Law," in S. Joyal & E. Mendes (eds.), Symposium sur le renouvellement du Sénat / Symposium on Senate Renewal, Ottawa : University of Ottawa, 2015, 1-17
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"International Law in Domestic Systems: National Co-Report for Canada – Part II (Sections 2, 5 & 6)," in Society of Comparative Law (ed.), Conference Papers of the 18th International Congress on Comparative Law, Washington D.C.: Society of Comparative Law, 2010, 1-54
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"Étude croisée Italie / Canada sur l'immunité des États et le jus cogens en droit international," in Max Weber Programme for Post-Doctoral Studies (ed.), MWP Alumni Conference – Max Weber Fellows' Contribution to Social Sciences and Humanities, Florence: European University Institute, 2009, 1-34 (with R. Pavoni)
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"Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Customary International Law and Canadian Courts," in Canadian Bar Association (ed.), The Hard Edge of Soft Law – The Real Impact of Customary International Law and Soft Law in Canada, Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 2008, 1-24
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"Le multiculturalisme au Canada," in M.N. Chvetsov et al. (eds.), Культура, Коммуникация, Корпоративность [Culture, Communication, Cooperation], Part 1, Yoshkar-Ola (Russia): University Press, 2007, 137-140
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"Les dommages collatéraux de la Charte canadienne en interprétation législative" (2007) 48 Cahiers de droit 751-756
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"The 'International Rule of Law' or the Externalisation of Rule of Law Values," in G. Palombella & N. Walker (eds.), Relocating the "Rule of Law," vol. 2, Florence: European University Institute, 2007, 25-63
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"International Treaty Norms and Driedger's 'Modern Principle' of Statutory Interpretation," in Canadian Council on International Law (ed.), Legitimacy and Accountability in International Law, vol. 32, Ottawa: Canadian Council on International Law, 2005, 144-163
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"Constitutio Westphalica: Europe's First Constitution?," in F. Astengo & N. Neuwahl (eds.), A Constitution for Europe? – Governance and Policy-Making in the European Union, vol. 1, Montreal: Chaire Jean Monnet Montréal, 2004, 136-154
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"L'application en droit interne du droit international: la perspective de l'interprétation législative," in National Judicial Institute (ed.), Education Seminar for the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal – Statutory Interpretation and Update on Administrative Law, Ottawa: National Judicial Institute, 2003, 1-59
Reports to Public Bodies
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"Working Together: Improving Canada's appointed Senate", report submitted to the Parliament of Canada in December 2015, 60 pages (with Sen. S. Joyal, E. Mendes, et al.)
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"La suprématie de la constitution", report prepared for the Supreme Court of Canada in regard to the AACPUF triannual congress on 4-6 June 2015, 40 pages
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"The Common Law and Civil Law Traditions in Canada: Some Red Flags for Transferring Lawyers", report prepared for the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, April 2014, 100 pages (with J.-F. Gaudreault-DesBiens)
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Report for the Chambre des notaires du Québec, concerning the revision of the regime on the publicity of rights, January 2014, 27 pages
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Report for the Fédération québécoise des directions d’établissement d’enseignement, on the constitutional ramifications of a possible reform of Quebec school board system, December 2011, 10 pages
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Report for the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, on the constitutional ramifications of the proposed reform of Quebec electoral district map, May 2011, 5 pages