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Event

Constitutionalism and Feminism - Plenary class for International Women's Day

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:00to11:30
Chancellor Day Hall Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100), 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

Ce 8 mars, les trois classes de Droit constitutionnel (PUB2 101) tiendront une s茅ance pl茅ni猫re pour discuter du lien entre droit constitutionnel et les questions de genre.

Faculty and students are more than welcome to join the conversation!

  • Prof. Colleen Sheppard,听 鈥淐onstitutional rights and feminism鈥
  • Prof. Johanne Poirier,听听 鈥淚nstitutional design and gender equity"
  • Prof. Alexander Pless,听 鈥淏ecause it鈥檚 2016, 鈥榗an the girls share a locker?鈥欌: reflections on gender and the practice of law鈥

Readings:

  • Beverley Baines, Daphne Barak-Erez and Tsvi Kahana, eds. Feminist Constitutionalism: Global Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 1-4 (available online):
  • Colleen Sheppard, 鈥淔eminist Pragmatism in the Work of Justice Bertha Wilson鈥 (2008) 41 S.C.L.R. (2d) 83
  • Helen Irving, 鈥淒rafting, Design and Gender,鈥 in GINSBURG, Tom & DIXON, Rosalind (eds), Comparative Constitutional Law, Edward Elgar, 2001, pp.19-37
  • Petra Meier, 芦听脡tudier les syst猫mes f茅d茅raux 脿 travers le prisme du genre听: un 茅tat des lieux听禄 (2014), 14 F茅d茅ralisme et r茅gionalisme (disponible en ligne):
  • Gender-inclusive Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa, A series of 4 videos, Forum of Federations, 2015:

Optional Supplementary Readings:

  • Jill Vickers, 鈥淚s Federalism Gendered? Incorporating Gender into Studies of Federalism鈥, Publius (Winter 2013) 43: 1-23 (online from a 平特五不中 account: )
  • Jennifer Nedelsky, 鈥淩econceiving Rights as Relationship鈥 (1993) 1 Review of Constitutional Studies / Revue d'茅tudes constitutionnelles, 1 at pp. 1-19
  • Colleen Sheppard, 鈥溾橞read and Roses鈥: Economic Justice and Constitutional Rights鈥 O帽ati Socio-legal Series, v. 5, n. 1 (2015) 鈥 Indignation, Socio-economic Inequality and the Role of Law
  • Melissa Haussman, Marian Sawer & Jill Vickers, eds. Federalism, Feminism and Multilevel Governance (Ashgate: 2010) 听
  • Hester Lessard, 鈥淛urisdictional Justice and the Story of Insite鈥 (2010) 19 Constitutional Forum constitutionelle, 93
  • Legal Education and Action Fund 鈥
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