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Biographie

Robert Leckey, Ad. E., est professeur titulaire 脿 la Facult茅 de droit, o霉 il enseigne le droit constitutionnel et le droit de la famille. Il a dirig茅 le Centre Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau de droit priv茅 et compar茅 entre ao没t 2014 et juin 2016, apr猫s quoi il a 茅t茅 nomm茅 doyen de la Facult茅 de droit pour un mandat de cinq ans. En d茅cembre 2020, le Conseil des gouverneurs de 黑料不打烊 l'a reconduit pour un second mandat de cinq ans, 脿 compter du 1er juillet 2021.

De 2002 脿 2003, il a 茅t茅 l鈥檃uxiliaire juridique du juge Michel Bastarache 脿 la Cour supr锚me du Canada. Boursier de la Fondation Trudeau de 2003 脿 2006, il a obtenu un doctorat de la Facult茅 de droit de l'Universit茅 de Toronto. Sa dissertation, qui lui a valu la m茅daille Alan Marks pour la meilleur th猫se doctorale de 2006, a 茅t茅 publi茅e par University of Toronto Press en 2008, sous le titre Contextual Subjects: Family, State, and Relational Theory. En 2005-2006, il a travaill茅 comme chercheur invit茅 au Centre de recherche en 茅thique de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al (CR脡UM). Il s鈥檈st joint 脿 la Facult茅 de droit en juillet 2006 et a 茅t茅 nomm茅 titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson par l'Universit茅 黑料不打烊 en 2011. Pendant son ann茅e sabbatique en 2012-2013, il fut un invit茅 sp茅cial de l鈥橧nstitut d'茅tudes canadiennes de 黑料不打烊.

Il est membre du Barreau de l鈥橭ntario depuis 2003 et avocat du Barreau du Qu茅bec depuis 2020. De 2017 脿 2020, il fut conseiller en loi de ce dernier. De 2008 脿 2011, il a pr茅sid茅 le 黑料不打烊 Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. En 2010 et 2011, il a agi comme directeur de la recherche pour la Commission d'enqu锚te sur le processus de nominations des juges du Qu茅bec (la Commission Bastarache). De 2011 脿 2015, il a servi 脿 titre de pr茅sident d鈥櫭塯ale Canada. De 2011 脿 2016, il a 茅galement pr茅sid茅 le Comit茅 des affaires juridiques de cet organisme. De 2020 脿 2022, il a pr茅sid茅 le Conseil des doyens et des doyennes des facult茅s de droit du Canada.

Robert Leckey a gagn茅 le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Qu茅bec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de l鈥橝ssociation canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford d鈥檈xcellence en enseignement de l鈥橝ssociation des 茅tudiant(e)s en droit de 黑料不打烊 (2009); le Prix Canada de l'Acad茅mie internationale de droit compar茅 (2010); le (2010); et le Prix 芦 Change-Maker 禄 de la principale pour le rayonnement m茅diatique (2020).

En 2014, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre associ茅 de l'Acad茅mie internationale de droit compar茅. En 2020, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre du Coll猫ge de nouveaux chercheurs et cr茅ateurs en art et en science de la Soci茅t茅 Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a re莽u la distinction d'Avocat 茅m茅rite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du Qu茅bec.

Robert Leckey a gagn茅 le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Qu茅bec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de l鈥橝ssociation canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford d鈥檈xcellence en enseignement de l鈥橝ssociation des 茅tudiant(e)s en droit de 黑料不打烊 (2009); le Prix Canada de l'Acad茅mie internationale de droit compar茅 (2010); le (2010); le Prix 芦 Change-Maker 禄 de la principale pour le rayonnement m茅diatique (2020); et le 听Prix du h茅ros de la听Section de l鈥檃lliance de la diversit茅 sexuelle et des genres (ADSG)听de l鈥橝ssociation du Barreau canadien (2024).

En 2014, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre associ茅 de l'Acad茅mie internationale de droit compar茅. En 2020, il a 茅t茅 茅lu membre du Coll猫ge de nouveaux chercheurs et cr茅ateurs en art et en science de la Soci茅t茅 Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a re莽u la distinction d'Avocat 茅m茅rite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du Qu茅bec. En 2024, il a 茅t茅 admis, de fa莽on honorifique, 脿 la Soci茅t茅 Scarlet Key de l鈥橴niversit茅 黑料不打烊.听

Int茅r锚ts de recherche

Robert Leckey m猫ne des recherches dans les domaines de droit constitutionnel, droit familial et droit compar茅. Il est directeur d鈥檜ne collection intitul茅e (Routledge, 2015). Il vient aussi de publier un ouvrage intitul茅听(Cambridge University Press, 2015). Ses int茅r锚ts de recherches incluent la r茅glementation du couple et la filiation, ainsi que la relation entre les r茅gimes publics et priv茅s de r茅glementation familiale.

Le professeur Leckey est toujours int茅ress茅 脿 superviser des 茅tudiants de cycles sup茅rieurs travaillant sur ces questions.

Parcours professionnel

• Titulaire de la Chaire Samuel Gale, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 黑料不打烊, 2016-
• Doyen, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 黑料不打烊, 2016-
• Professeur titulaire, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 黑料不打烊, 2015-
• Directeur, Centre Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau de droit priv茅 et compar茅, ao没t 2014-juin 2016
• Titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson, 2011-2016
• Directeur par int茅rim, Centre Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau de droit priv茅 et compar茅, juillet-d茅cembre 2011
• Professeur agr茅g茅, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 黑料不打烊, 2011-2015
• Professeur adjoint, Universit茅 黑料不打烊, Facult茅 de droit, 2006-2011
• Chercheur invit茅, Centre de recherche en 茅thique de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al (CR脡UM), 2005-2006
• Auxiliaire juridique aupr猫s du juge Michel Bastarache, Cour supr锚me du Canada, 2002-2003
• Gestionnaire, Affaires publiques, Institut des fonds d'investissement du Canada (IFIC), 1997-1998

脡迟耻诲别蝉

• SJD (University of Toronto), 2003-2006
• BCL/LLB (黑料不打烊 University), 1998-2002
• Universit茅 Panth茅on-Assas (Paris II), Academic Exchange (CR脡PUQ), 2001-2002
• BA (Hons.) (Queen鈥檚 University), 1993-1997

Champs d'int茅r锚t

Droit de la famille, droit administratif, droit constitutionnel.

Publications

Forthcoming publications

"La prestation compensatoire d'union parentale鈥� Les Cahiers de droit [forthcoming], 27 pp.
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鈥淟鈥檜nion de fait, la provision pour frais et l鈥檃cc猫s 脿 la justice鈥澨�65:4听Les Cahiers de droit听[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 331鈥�65
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"Advocacy Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause鈥� (2019) 28:4 Constitutional Forum 1鈥�7
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鈥淚ntroduction鈥� (2016) 118:2 Revue du Notariat 239鈥�41.

鈥淪ymposium Introduction鈥� (2016) 62:3 Loyola Law Review 613鈥�20 (with John Lovett).

鈥淔eminism, Institutional Roles, and Justice LeBel鈥檚 Family Law鈥� (2015) 70 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 71鈥�91. Reprinted in Dwight Newman & Malcolm Thorburn, eds., The Dignity of Law: The Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2015) 71鈥�91.
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鈥淚ntroduction: After Equality鈥� (2015) 27:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law i鈥搗 (with R茅gine Tremblay).

鈥淒evelopments in Family Law: The 2012-2013 Term鈥� (2014) 64 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 241-66.
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鈥淔amily Law and the Charter鈥檚 First 30 Years: An Impact Delayed, Deep, and Declining but Lasting鈥� (2013) 32:1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 21鈥�52 (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.
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"Chosen Discrimination" (2002) 18 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 445-75.
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Articles in refereed journals

鈥淔amily Lawyers on Cohabitation and Judge-Made Law鈥� (2024) 74:4 University of Toronto Law Journal 408鈥�40.
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鈥淟a modification de la Charte des droits et libert茅s de la personne en d茅bats鈥� (2024) 65:2 Les Cahiers de droit 347鈥�82 (with Oscar Bourgeois).
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鈥淐ompromise on Parenting and Family Violence? Reforms to Canada鈥檚 Divorce Act鈥� (2024) 32:1听Feminist Legal Studies听3鈥�24.
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鈥淟鈥檌nvisibilit茅 persistante des parents de m锚me sexe en droit familial qu茅b茅cois鈥� (2023) 52:3听Revue de droit de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Sherbrooke听657鈥�84

"Regards crois茅s sur l鈥檜nion de fait en droit qu茅b茅cois" (2023) 64:1听Les Cahiers de droit听217鈥�42.
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鈥淒ifferences in a Minor Archive: Feminist Activists and Scholars on Cohabitation鈥� (2022) 70:2听American Journal of Comparative Law听364-398.
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鈥淚ndigenous Parents and Child Welfare: Mistrust, Epistemic Injustice, and Training鈥� (2022) 31:4 Social & Legal Studies 559-79 (with Raphael Schmieder-Gropen, Chukwubuikem Nnebe & Miriam Clouthier).
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鈥淐hild Welfare, Indigenous Parents, and Judicial Mediation鈥� (2022) 49:1 Journal of Law and Society 151鈥�69.听
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鈥淭he Notwithstanding Clause: Legislatures, Courts, and the Electorate鈥� (2022) 72:2 University of Toronto Law Journal 189鈥�215 (with Eric Mendelsohn).
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鈥溾�楻epugnant鈥�: Homosexuality and Criminal Family Law鈥� (2020) 70:3 University of Toronto Law Journal 225鈥�44.
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鈥淎ssisted Dying, Suspended Declarations, and Dialogue鈥檚 Time鈥� (2019) 69:Supp University of Toronto Law Journal 64鈥�83.
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鈥淥ne Parent, Three Parents: Judges and Ontario鈥檚 All Families Are Equal Act, 2016鈥� (2019) 33:3 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 298鈥�315.
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鈥淐ohabitation, Female Sacrifice, and Judge-Made Law鈥� (2019) 41:1 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 72鈥�91.
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鈥淟鈥檈nrichissement injustifi茅, l鈥檜nion de fait et l鈥檈mprunt 脿 la common law dans le droit mixte du Qu茅bec鈥� (2018) 59:3 Les Cahiers de droit 585鈥�615.
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鈥淟鈥檃doption coutumi猫re autochtone en droit civil qu茅b茅cois鈥� (2018) 59:4 Les Cahiers de droit 973鈥�96.
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鈥淛udging in Marriage鈥檚 Shadow鈥� (2018) 26:1 Feminist Legal Studies 25鈥�45.
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鈥淟es liens de l鈥檃dopt茅鈥� [2017] 4 Revue internationale de droit compar茅 847鈥�61.
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鈥淐ohabitation, Law Reform, and the Litigants鈥� (2017) 31:2 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 131鈥�46.
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鈥淩eview of Comparative Law鈥� (2017) 26:1 Social & Legal Studies 3鈥�24.

鈥淩ealizing Rights Here and Now鈥� Australian Journal of Human Rights (2016) 22:2 Australian Journal of Human Rights 61鈥�80.
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鈥淐ohabitation鈥檚 Boundaries and the Confines of Tradition鈥� (2016) 25:5 Social & Legal Studies 525鈥�43 (with Yann Favier).
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鈥淭he Harms of Remedial Discretion鈥� (2016) 14:3 International Journal of Constitutional Law 584鈥�607.
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鈥淚dentity, Law, and the Right to a Dream?鈥� (2015) 38:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 525鈥�47.
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鈥淓nforcing Laws That Infringe Rights鈥� [2016] Public Law, 206-14.
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鈥淩emedial Practice beyond Constitutional Text鈥� (2016) 64:1 American Journal of Comparative Law 1鈥�35.
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鈥淪trange Bedfellows鈥� (2014) 64:5 University of Toronto Law Journal 641鈥�68.
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芦 鈥業nfiniment plus de choses dans la vie que dans la loi鈥�: La reconnaissance des m猫res lesbiennes听禄 (2014) 86 Droit et Soci茅t茅 115鈥�32.
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鈥淢ust Equal Mean Identical? Same-sex Couples and Marriage鈥� (2014) 10:1 International Journal of Law in Context 5-25.
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鈥淔ace to Face鈥� (2013) 19 Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 743-58.
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鈥淢arriage and the Data on Same-Sex Couples鈥� (2013) 35:2 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 179鈥�91.
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"Two Mothers in Law and Fact" (2013) 21:1 Feminist Legal Studies 1鈥�19.
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鈥淏ankruptcy, Provincial Law, and the Family Farm鈥� 91 (2012) 91:2听Canadian Bar Review 435鈥�53.
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鈥淟es trente premi猫res ann茅es de la Charte canadienne en droit de la famille鈥� (2012) 42:3 Revue de droit de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Sherbrooke 409鈥�57 (with Nicholas Bala).
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鈥淯njust Enrichment and De facto Spouses鈥� (2012) 114:3 Revue du Notariat 475鈥�500.
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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 Th茅mis 315-41.
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"The Practices of Lesbian Mothers and Quebec鈥檚 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 Roncarelli鈥檚 Rule of Law" (2010) 55 黑料不打烊 Law Journal 721-41.
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"Rhapsodie sur la forme et le fond de l鈥檋armonisation 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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"鈥榃here the Parents Are of the Same Sex鈥�: Quebec鈥檚 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 r猫gle 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 Law鈥檚 Identities" (2002) 28 Queen鈥檚 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

鈥淟鈥檜nion parentale, une r茅forme trop timide,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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鈥淎 Timid Reform for Parental Unions,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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鈥淟鈥檜nion parentale, une r茅forme trop timide,鈥�听IRPP Policy Options听(15 April 2024).
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鈥淎 Timid Reform for Parental Unions,鈥澨�IRPP Policy Options听(15 April 2024).Related link:听

鈥淭he Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada,鈥� Oxford Human Rights Hub (18 March 2024) (with Florence Ashley and Samuel Singer).
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鈥淟es conjoints de fait devraient aussi 锚tre prot茅g茅s : Le Qu茅bec et l鈥橭ntario devraient appliquer le m锚me partage des biens aux 茅poux et aux conjoints de fait,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (18 September 2023).
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鈥淩obust Public Debate Needed on Use of Notwithstanding Clause,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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鈥淟e recours 脿 la disposition de d茅rogation doit faire l鈥檕bjet d鈥檜n solide d茅bat public,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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鈥淏ill 96: An Attack on Justice and Fundamental Rights,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (20 May 2022).
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鈥淟oi 96: une atteinte 脿 la justice et aux droits fondamentaux,鈥� 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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鈥淨uebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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鈥淭he Faulty Received Wisdom around the Notwithstanding Clause,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (10 May 2019).
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鈥淧olitical Factors in Judicial Appointments,鈥� Policy Options (1 October 2015).
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鈥淪uspended Declarations of Invalidity and and the Rule of Law,鈥� 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, 5鈥�6).
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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 Qu茅bec: une r茅flexion s鈥檌mpose",听Bulletin de liaison: F茅d茅ration des associations de familles monoparentales et recompos茅es du Qu茅bec听34(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,听Families 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 responsabilit茅 de la doctrine, guest-edited special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, (2016) 118:2 La Revue du Notariat, pp. 239鈥�358 (four peer-reviewed papers plus editor鈥檚 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 editor鈥檚 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

鈥淟egislative Choices in Using Section 33 and Judicial Scrutiny鈥� in Peter L Biro, ed,听The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies听(Montreal & Kingston: 黑料不打烊-Queen's University Press, 2024) 111鈥�31.

鈥淩eligion and Same-Sex Marriage鈥� in Safa Ben Saad, David Koussens & Benjamin Prud鈥檋omme, eds., La religion en droit de la famille: Le religieux comme variable de prise de d茅cision dans un droit familial la茂cis茅 (Montreal: Th茅mis, 2020) 11鈥�26.
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鈥淐ohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest鈥� in Elizabeth Brake & Lucinda Ferguson, eds., Philosophical Foundations of Children鈥檚 and Family Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 115鈥�33.
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鈥淢arriage and the Data on Same-sex Couples鈥� in Susan Millns & Simone Wong, eds., Wealth and Poverty in Close Personal Relationships: Money Matters (London: Routledge, 2017) 101鈥�17.
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鈥淢arriage, Family, and Federal Concerns鈥� in Peter Oliver, Patrick Macklem & Nathalie Des Rosiers, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) 575鈥�94 (with Carol Rogerson).
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鈥淟es droits de la personne et le litige en protection de l鈥檈nfance鈥� in Karine Poitras, Claire Baudry & Dominique Goubau, eds., L鈥檈nfant et le litige en mati猫re de protection: psychologie et droit (Qu茅bec: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, 2016) 185鈥�209 (with Nicholas Bala).
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鈥淪hifting Scrutiny: Private Ordering in Family Matters in Common-Law Canada鈥� in Frederik Swennen, ed., Contractualisation of Family Law 鈥� Global Perspectives (Dordrecht: Springer, 2015) 93鈥�112.
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鈥淚ntroduction: After Legal Equality鈥� in Robert Leckey, ed., After Legal Equality: Family, Sex, Kinship (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015) 1鈥�21.
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鈥淚ntroduction鈥� 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. Bra毛n).

"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,听Legal Recognition of Non-Conjugal Families: New Frontiers in Family Law in the US, Canada and Europe听(Oxford: Hart, 2021)听(2021) 35:1听International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, ebab038.听Related link:听

Review: Alice Margaria,听The Construction of Fatherhood: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights听(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)听(2021) 30:5听Social & Legal Studies听810鈥�13.听Related link:听

Review: Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada (Montreal & Kingston: 黑料不打烊-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2020) (2021) 36:1 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 183鈥�4.
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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 683鈥�4.
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Review: Patrice Corriveau, Judging Homosexuals: A History of Gay Persecution in Quebec and France, trans. by K盲the Roth (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011) (2012) 50 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 275鈥�82.

Review: Fiona Kelly, Transforming Law鈥檚 Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Motherhood (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011) (2012) 24 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 482鈥�488

Review: Sara Ahmed, The Promise of Happiness (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010) (2012) 24 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 240鈥�56 (with Margaret Denike, Elaine Craig, Kira Tomsons, and Kim Brooks).

Review: Richard Collier, Men, Law and Gender: Essays on the 鈥楳an鈥� 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 123鈥�6.

Review article: 鈥淟anguage and Judgment鈥檚 Reach: Reflecting on Limits on Rights鈥� (Luc B. Tremblay & Gr茅goire C.N. Webber, eds., The Limitation of Charter Rights: Critical Essays on R. v. Oakes (Montreal: Th茅mis, 2009)) (2010) 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 1031-44.
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Review: Maurice Tancelin, Des obligations en droit mixte du Qu茅bec, 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

鈥淢ixed Method, Controversy, and Abiding Influence鈥� in Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier & Daniel Jutras, eds., The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonald鈥檚 Legal Imagination (Montreal & Kingston: 黑料不打烊鈥換ueen鈥檚 University Press, 2015) 41鈥�6.

鈥淟e pass茅 de l鈥檃dopt茅 aux fronti猫res du droit鈥� in Institut canadien d鈥櫭﹖udes juridiques sup茅rieures, ed., Droits de la personne: La circulation des id茅es, des personnes et des biens et capitaux听(Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2013) 487鈥�504.

"Particular Justice: Michel Bastarache and Family Law" in Nicolas Lambert, ed., 脌 l'avant-garde de la dualit茅: M茅langes 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 l鈥櫭﹖hique: la revue du CR脡UM 30-35.
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"Language Regulation in New Brunswick鈥檚 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 鈥� Urbanisation Culture Soci茅t茅, 2023) (with H茅l猫ne Belleau, Carmen Lavall茅e & Maude Pugliese), 106 pp.
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鈥淚ntroduction aux rapports d鈥檈xperts鈥� in Commission d鈥檈nqu锚te sur le processus de nomination des juges du Qu茅bec, Annexes (Qu茅bec: Publications du Qu茅bec, 2011) 101鈥�12.

"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

鈥淐omment la loi 21 adopt茅e sous le b芒illon a modifi茅 la Charte qu茅b茅coise,鈥澨�La Presse+ (14 June 2024, Dialogue, screen 6) (with听Oscar Bourgeois).
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鈥淒roit familial: Une r茅forme d茅j脿 d茅pass茅e?,鈥澨�La Presse+听(29 March 2024, Dialogue, screen 8).
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鈥淪鈥檈n prendre aux personnes trans comme strat茅gie politique,鈥� La Presse+ (9 February 2024, Dialogue, screen 4).
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鈥淩endre la protection de l鈥檈nfance aux communaut茅s autochtones,鈥� La Presse+ (14 February 2024, Dialogue, screen 6).
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鈥淗astily Drafted Pronoun Policies Ignore the Nuances of Family and Child Protection Laws,鈥� Op-ed,听The Globe and Mail听(5 October 2023) (with Samuel Singer and Florence Ashley).
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鈥淲hat Role Will the Courts Play in Quebec's French-Language Law?,鈥� CTV News (12 June 2022).
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鈥淧rojet de loi 96: D茅fis d鈥檌nterpr茅tation et le r么le des tribunaux,鈥� La Presse+ (11 June 2022, D茅bats, screen 12).
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鈥淕are 脿 la politisation indue de la nomination des juges,鈥� Op-ed, Le Devoir (26 April 2022, A7).
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"Bilan de la derni猫re ann茅e universitaire: Il y a toujours une place pour des campus vibrants," Op-ed, La Presse+ (21 April 2022, D茅bats, screen 8).
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鈥淟e projet de loi 2 n茅gligerait certaines situations parentales,鈥� Op-ed, Le Devoir (13 November 2021, B10).
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鈥淎ffaire Ward et Gabriel. Quel espoir pour la d茅fense de la dignit茅?,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (6 November 2021, D茅bats, screen 11) (with Pierre-Gabriel Jobin).
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鈥�,鈥� Op-ed, CTV News (27 August 2021).

鈥�,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (27 August 2021, D茅bats, screen 8).

鈥�,鈥� Op-ed, The [Toronto] Star (11 June 2021, A15).

鈥淒roits des personnes trans et non binaires: Qu茅bec a l鈥檕ccasion de faire amende honorable,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (5 February 2021, D茅bats, screen 8).
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鈥淟oi sur la la茂cit茅 de l'脡tat. L鈥檌nd茅pendance de la magistrature,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (6 December 2019, D茅bats, screen 7).
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鈥淨uebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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鈥淎mid Bill 21, The Dreams of Quebec鈥檚 Openly Religious Law School Students Hang in the Balance,鈥� Op-ed, National Observer (3 September 2019).
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鈥淎voir ou ne pas avoir trois parents,鈥� Op-ed, Le Devoir (27 August 2019, A6).
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鈥淭he Faulty Received Wisdom around the Notwithstanding Clause,鈥� IRPP Policy Options (10 May 2019).
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鈥淟oi sur la la茂cit茅: un bien pauvre projet de soci茅t茅,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (26 March 2019, D茅bats, screen 5).
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鈥淯n gouvernement de sondeurs ou de leaders,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (4 April 2019, D茅bats, screen 6).
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鈥淨uebec鈥檚 Religious Symbols Ban Is Striking Not for Its Novelty, But for Its Unfortunate Familiarity,鈥� Op-ed, CBC (5 April 2019).
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鈥淔ifteen Years after Equal Marriage, and Much Work to Be Done,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (12 June 2018, A15).
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鈥淪yst猫me de justice: l鈥檋eure du 鈥榖uffet ouvert鈥� est r茅volue,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (23 April 2018, D茅bats, screen 7).
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鈥淧rojet de loi sur la neutralit茅 religieuse de l鈥櫭塼at: des retomb茅es qui risquent d鈥櫭猼re minces,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+(18 October 2017, D茅bats, screen 6).
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"Teaching 黑料不打烊 law students about indigenous legal traditions," The Montreal Gazette (5 January 5, 2017)
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鈥淟es commissions d鈥檈nqu锚te en cinq actes,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (22 December 2016, D茅bats, screen 2).
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鈥淧icking a Judge Is a Subjective and Political Choice,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (18 October 2016, A11).
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鈥淨u茅bec doit agir rapidement: L鈥檌nt茅r锚t des enfants n茅s de m猫res porteuses exige que le gouvernement se penche sur cette question,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse+ (26 January 2016, D茅bats, screen 4).
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鈥淭here鈥檚 No Room for Delay When Charter Rights Are Being Violated,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (12 January 2016, A12).
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鈥淥ne More Hurdle for Transgender Youth,鈥� Op-ed, The Gazette (9 September 2015, A23) (with Kimberley Manning).
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鈥淛ulie Snyder face 脿 l鈥檌ncoh茅rence des lois,鈥� Op-ed, Le Devoir (6 July 2015, A7).
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鈥淟es nouvelles sources de la vuln茅rabilit茅 familiale,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse (2 July 2015, A15).
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鈥淕ay Marriage Another Step on the U.S. Road to Social Justice,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (26 June 2015).
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鈥淥ttawa Must Now Draft an Assisted-Suicide Law. It Should Look to Quebec,鈥� 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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鈥淒茅nonciations: Quelques distinctions s鈥檌mposent,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse (12 November 2014, A20).
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鈥淎ssisted Suicide: Parliament鈥檚 Delinquency,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (16 October 2014, A11).
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鈥淥ttawa Must View Sex Work through a Bigger Lens,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (9 September 2014).
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鈥淪oyons fid猫les 脿 nos droits et valeurs,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse (12 June 2014, A26).
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鈥淚nfertilit茅 et assurance 鈥榤aladie鈥�?鈥�, 茅ditorial, Le Soleil (3 May 2014, 34).
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鈥淗as the Supreme Court Made Harper an Accidental Reformer?,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (25 April 2014).
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鈥溍� votre tour de vous faire entendre鈥�, 茅ditorial, La Presse (16 April 2014, A17).
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鈥淭he Essential Question Raised by Bill 60,鈥� Op-ed, The Gazette (7 February 2014, A17).
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鈥淟a vraie question,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse (29 January 2014, A16).
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鈥淕ay Rights: Battle is far from won,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (13 December 2013, A15).
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鈥淯ne r茅forme pr茅matur茅e,鈥� 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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鈥淎 Decade of Same-Sex Marriage in Ontario,鈥� Op-ed, Ottawa Citizen (10 June 2013, A9).
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鈥淎fter a Decade of Same-sex Marriage, Issues Remain,鈥� Op-ed, The Gazette (10 April 2013, A19).
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鈥淢essage to Ottawa: Gay Marriage Is Settled, Right?,鈥� Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (14 January 2013, A11).
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鈥淕are 脿 l鈥檌nflation l茅gislative,鈥� Op-ed, La Presse (25 October 2012, A27).
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"HIV Sex Ruling: What Criminal Law Shouldn鈥檛 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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"Cohabitants鈥� 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 libert茅 de religion", Op-ed, Cyberpresse (15 April 2010).
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"L'union de fait: un droit d茅pass茅", 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 Hasn鈥檛 Kept up with the Times: Quebec Must Review the Rules in Light of Current Marriage Realities鈥�, Op-ed, The Gazette (5 November 2010).
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鈥溍妕re p猫re, n鈥檈st-ce qu鈥檜ne question de g猫nes?鈥�, 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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"脢tre p猫re, une question de g猫nes?," 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 r茅forme 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).