Full Professor
Canada Research Chair in Transsystemic Property and Sustainable Communities
3674 Peel Street
Room 303
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9
514-398-8638 [Office]
yaell.emerich [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Website: Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.
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Biography
Ya毛ll Emerich is a full professor at the 平特五不中 Faculty of Law and holds the (Tier 1)
Her interests include all facets of private and comparative law, legal theory, and the relationship between law and language. As a specialist in comparative and transsystemic property law, she teaches mainly Property Law and Secured Transactions, and is especially interested in the interplay between property law and major social issues, including environmental issues. She studies the relationship between property law and other major areas of law (property and environmental law, property and contract law, property and secured transactions, property and trusts, property and public law). She is always interested in supervising postgraduate research in these fields.
Professor Emerich is a Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. She was the Director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law from 2016 to 2018, having been its Interim Director (2013) and continues to be a permanent Titular Member. She is also a member of the Qu茅bec Society of Comparative Law, the Henri-Capitant Association and the Qu茅bec Law Professors鈥 Association. Doctor in Private Law from Quebec and French Universities, she holds a post-doctorate from 平特五不中, a master鈥檚 degree in Private Law from Paris II, a D.E.A. in Philosophy of Law from Paris II and a D.E.A in Private Law from Lyon 3, where she was a research fellow.
Professor Emerich鈥檚 monograph, entitled Conceptualising Property Law : Integrating Common law and Civil Law Traditions (Droit commun des biens : perspective transsyst茅mique (Elgar,听 2018) won the Walter Owen Book Prize, It also received a prize in the Legal Competition of the Qu茅bec Bar Foundation and an honourable mention from the International Academy of Comparative Law. In 2022 she听received the Germain Bri猫re Prize (Senior Category) for her article 鈥淟a r茅surgence des communs en droit des biens contemporain鈥: 茅tude sur les cohabitats 茅cologiques et les ruelles vertes,鈥 co-authored with Fran莽ois Peter-Edmond Rivard, BCL/JD鈥20.听
Professor Emerich is the author of the monograph entitled The Ownership of Claims: A Comparative Approach (La propri茅t茅 des cr茅ances : approche comparative, published by LGDJ (Paris) and les 脡ditions Yvon Blais in 2007), which won several prizes (Prix Minerve and the Quebec Law Professors鈥 Association Prize). In addition, she is the co-author of Private Law Dictionary and Bilingual Lexicons-Property Law | Dictionnaire de droit priv茅 et lexiques bilingues - Les biens (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2012) and Private Law Dictionary and Bilingual Lexicons - Obligations | Dictionnaire de droit priv茅 et lexiques bilingues - Les obligations (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2003). She was a contributing author for Dictionnaire des biens communs, edited by Marie Cornu, Fabienne Orsi & Judith Rochfeld (Presses Universitaires de France, 2017).
FInally, she has co-edited several books, including Coder-d茅coder : linguistique et concepts juridiques (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2020); Le public en droit priv茅 (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2019); Repenser les paradigmes: approches transsyst茅miques du droit (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2018); and Access to Land and Social Issues | Acc猫s 脿 la terre et enjeux sociaux (脡ditions Th茅mis, 2018).
Employment
- Full Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2020-
- Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Paris, 2020
- Director, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Center for Private and Comparative Law, 2016-2018
- Acting Director, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Center for Private and Comparative Law, January 2013鈥揓une 2013
- MacCormick Fellow, Edinburgh University, 2013
- Visiting Professor, Royal University of Phnom Penh, 2013
- Associate Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2012鈥
- Assistant Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2006鈥2012
- Advising Editor, LexisNexis, Jurisclasseur : Droit des s没ret茅s, 2010鈥2011
- Visiting Professor, Universit茅 de Lyon, Faculty of Law, 2007
- Legal Consultant on standardization of French vocabulary of the common law in Canada, Centre de traduction et terminologie juridiques, University of Moncton, 2006鈥
- Project Director, Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, 平特五不中, 2003鈥2006
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 平特五不中, 2006
- Doctorate in Law (Ph.D.), Universit茅 de Lyon, 2004
- Doctorate in Law (Ph.D.), Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2004
- D.E.A. (Master of Advanced Studies) in Private Law, Universit茅 de Lyon, 1997
- D.E.A. (Master of Advanced Studies) in Philosophy of Law, Universit茅 Panth茅on-Assas (Paris II), 1996
- Master鈥檚 in Private Law (LL.M.), Universit茅 Panth茅on-Assas (Paris II), 1995
Areas of Interest
Property law, Comparative law, Secured transactions, Environmental law, Legal theory, Jurilinguistics, Law and Literature.
Selected Publications
Books and Monographs
- Conceptualising Property Law: Integrating Common Law and Civil Law Traditions, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 (352 pages).
- Ya毛ll Emerich, Droit commun des biens : perspective transsyst茅mique (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2017) 518 pages.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, La propri茅t茅 des cr茅ances. Approche comparative. Preface by Fr茅d茅ric Zenati, collection Biblioth猫que de droit priv茅, tome 469 (Paris: LGDJ, 2007 / Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2006), 597 pages.
- Publication collective, Dictionnaire des biens communs, Marie Cornu, Fabienne Orsi, Judith Rochfeld (dir.), Paris, Presses Universitaires de France (P.U.F.), 2017.
- Dictionnaire de droit priv茅 et lexiques bilingues 鈥 Les biens (co-author), Quebec Centre for Private and Comparative Law (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2012), approx. 300 pages.
- Private Law Dictionary and Bilingual Lexicons 鈥 Property Law (co-author), Quebec Centre for Private and Comparative Law (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2012) approx. 300 pages.
- Dictionnaire de droit priv茅 et lexiques bilingues 鈥 Les obligations (co-author with France Allard, Marie-France Bich, Jean-Maurice Brisson, Elise Charpentier, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau, Mathieu Devinat, Patrick Forget et Nicholas Kasirer), Quebec Centre for Private and Comparative Law (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2003), 467 pages.
- Private Law Dictionary and Bilingual Lexicons 鈥 Obligations (co-author with France Allard, Marie-France Bich, Jean-Maurice Brisson, Elise Charpentier, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau, Mathieu Devinat, Patrick Forget et Nicholas Kasirer), Quebec Centre for Private and Comparative Law (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2003), 414 pages.
Edited Collections
- Ya毛ll Emerich, Anne-Sophie Hulin et Sandy Lamalle (eds.), Coder-d茅coder: linguistique et concepts juridiques, Editions Yvon Blais, 2020 (170 pages).
- Ya毛ll Emerich et Laurence Saint-Pierre Harvey (eds.), Le public en droit priv茅, Editions Yvon Blais, 2019.
- Ya毛ll Emerich et Marie-Andr茅e Plante (eds.), Droit(s), langue(s) et soci茅t茅(s)/Law(s), Languages & Society(ies), num茅ro sp茅cial R.D.U.S., 2019.
- Ya毛ll Emerich and Marie-Andr茅e Plante (eds.), Repenser les paradigmes : approches transsyst茅miques du droit, Editions Yvon Blais, 2018.
- Ya毛ll Emerich et Laurence Saint-Pierre Harvey (ed.), Acc猫s 脿 la terre et enjeux sociaux/Access to Land and Social Issues, Editions Th茅mis, 2018.
- Ya毛ll Emerich and Lionel Smith (eds.), Terminologie et mod猫les propri茅taires au XXIe 蝉颈猫肠濒别, (2008) 38 Revue g茅n茅rale de droit 229.
Articles in Refereed Journals
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淧roperty for Nature鈥, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (accepted, forthcoming).
- Ya毛ll Emerich et Fran莽ois Rivard, 芦 Discussing Values: Retrieving Use Value in Housing Contexts鈥, European Property Law Journal, 2020
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 Regard comparatif sur le numerus clausus des droits r茅els: une perspective canadienne 禄, Revue critique de l茅gislation et de jurisprudence, (2020), n掳 5.
- 鈥淵a毛ll Emerich, (avec la collaboration de Fran莽ois Rivard), 芦 La r茅surgence des communs en droit des biens contemporain : 茅tude sur les cohabitats 茅cologiques et les ruelles vertes 禄, (2020) 50 Revue G茅n茅rale de Droit 1
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 Les biens et l鈥檌mmat茅rialit茅 en droit civil et en common law 禄, (2018) 59 Les Cahiers de droit 389.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淐oncepts and Words: A Transsystemic Approach to the Study of Law between Law and Language鈥, (2017) 51 R.J.T.U.M. 591.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 Vers une reconceptualisation du droit des biens face aux d茅fis environnementaux 禄, (2017) 119 Revue du Notariat 321, p. 321-356.
- Ya毛ll Emerich et Alexis Hudon, 芦 Les assises conceptuelles du droit de l鈥檈nvironnement en droit des biens : entre patrimoine collectif et relation fiduciaire 禄, (2017) 47 Revue G茅n茅rale de Droit 519-561.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淟a destin茅e perp茅tuelle de la propri茅t茅 entre symbolisme et al茅as 鈥, (2015) 45 Revue G茅n茅rale de Droit 501-530.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淐omparative overview on the transformative effect of Acquisitive prescription and adverse possession: morality, legitimacy, justice鈥, Revue Internationale de droit compar茅 (2015), p. 459-496.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 La destin茅e perp茅tuelle de la propri茅t茅 entre symbolisme et al茅as 禄, (2015) 45 Revue G茅n茅rale de Droit 501-530.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 Les nouvelles fronti猫res de l鈥檈xpropriation: vers une expropriation pour cause d鈥檜tilit茅 priv茅e ? 禄, (2014) 48 : 3 Revue juridique Th茅mis, p. 693-634.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 脡tude sur la protection possessoire 禄, (2013) 115 :3 Revue du Notariat p. 483-514.
- 鈥La fiducie civiliste : modalit茅 de la propri茅t茅 ou interm猫de 脿 la propri茅t茅?鈥 (2013) 58:3 平特五不中 Law Journal 1.
- 鈥淟a conversion d鈥檌mmeubles locatifs en copropri茅t茅 indivise鈥 (2013) Revue trimestrielle de droit immobilier, 芦 Nouvelles de l鈥櫭﹖ranger 禄, chronique n掳 1.
- 鈥淟e dialogue entre l茅gislation f茅d茅rale et provinciale en mati猫re d鈥檋ypoth猫que l茅gale r茅sultant d鈥檜n jugement : l鈥檃ffaire Qu茅bec inc c. Mickeck Jacyno鈥 (2012) 90 Revue du barreau canadien 107.
- 鈥淒e quelques invariables de la possession : la possession transsyst茅mique鈥 (2011) 113 Revue du Notariat 1.
- 鈥淐ontribution 脿 une 茅tude des troubles de voisinage et de la nuisance : la notion de devoirs de la propri茅t茅鈥 (2011) 52 Les Cahiers de Droit 3.
- 鈥淟a nature juridique des s没ret茅s r茅elles en droit civil et en common law : une question de tradition juridique ?鈥 (2010) 44 Revue juridique Th茅mis 95.
- 鈥淟es fondements conceptuels de la fiducie fran莽aise face au trust de la common law : entre droit des contrats et droit des biens鈥 (2009) 1 Revue internationale de droit compar茅 49.
- 鈥淧ropri茅t茅 relation et exclusivit茅 : 茅tude de droit compar茅鈥 (2009) 4 Revue de la Recherche Juridique/Droit prospectif 1841.
- 鈥淟鈥檋ypoth猫que mobili猫re universelle : entre imp茅ratifs 茅conomiques et protection du d茅biteur鈥 (2009) 111 Revue du notariat 463.
- 鈥淩egard civiliste sur le droit des biens de la common law : pour une conception transsyst茅mique de la propri茅t茅鈥 (2008) 38 Revue g茅n茅rale de droit 339.
- 鈥淔aut-il condamner la propri茅t茅 des biens incorporels? R茅flexions autour de la propri茅t茅 des cr茅ances鈥 (2005) 46 Les Cahiers de droit 793.
Book Chapters and Articles in Collections
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淧roperty for Nature,鈥 Cambridge University Press, 2020 [forthcoming].
- Possession鈥 in Lionel Smith & Alexandra Popovici, eds, The 平特五不中 Companion to Law [available on the website of 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, forthcoming in print 平特五不中 Law Journal, 2020].
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 芦 La fonction sociale de la propri茅t茅 et le mythe de la propri茅t茅 absolue 禄, dans Arnaud Tellier-Marcil et alii, Les prochains d茅fis de la pens茅e civiliste 鈥 Les conceptions classiques soumises 脿 l鈥櫭﹑reuve du temps, Les Editions Th茅mis, 2020, p. 81-114.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, avec la collaboration de Brendan Cooke, 芦 Quelques enjeux comparatifs sur l鈥檃cc猫s 脿 la terre en Asie du Sud-Est : statut de la terre et acc猫s au cr茅dit 禄, dans Y. Emerich et Laurence Saint-Pierre Harvey, Acc猫s 脿 la terre et enjeux sociaux/Access to Land and Social Issues, Editions Th茅mis, 2018.
- Ya毛ll Emerich, 鈥淒octrines de l鈥檈xclusivisme 鈥, in M. Cornu, F. Orsi, J. Rochfeld (eds.) Dictionnaire des Communs, Paris, P.U.F., 2017
- Ya毛ll Emerich, chapter 鈥淥wnership鈥, in Robert Leckey and Daniel Jutras (eds), Quebec Civil Law: An Introduction to Quebec Private Law, 2e 茅d., Toronto : Emond Montgomery [forthcoming].
- Ya毛ll Emerich and Catherine Walsh, chapter 鈥淪ecurity on Property 鈥, in Robert Leckey and Daniel Jutras et (eds), Quebec Civil Law: An Introduction to Quebec Private Law, 2e 茅d., Toronto : Emond Montgomery [forthcoming].
- 鈥淧ossession鈥, chapter in Michele Grazdei & Lionel Smith, eds, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017)
- 鈥淟es biens鈥, chapter in B. Moore (dir.), . Biblioth猫que de l鈥橝ssociation Henri Capitant, Editions Lextenso, 2016.
- Contributor to Daniel Jutras & Roderick A Macdonald, eds, Quebec Civil Law: An Introduction to Quebec Private Law, 2d ed (Toronto: Emond Montgomery) [forthcoming].
- 鈥淲hy protect possession?鈥 in Eric Descheemaeker, ed, The Consequences of Possession (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014)
- 鈥淭he Civil Law Trust: a Modality of Ownership or an Interlude to Ownership?鈥 in Lionel Smith, ed, The Worlds of the Trust (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013).
- 鈥淧ossession鈥 in Lionel Smith & Alexandra Popovici, eds, The 平特五不中 Companion to Law [available on the website of 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, forthcoming in print].
- 鈥淚ntroduction au droit des s没ret茅s鈥, fascicule 1 in P-C Lafond, ed, JurisClasseur Qu茅bec, Droit des s没ret茅s (Montr茅al: Lexis-Nexis, 2011), revised in 2019.
- 鈥淐aract猫res et 茅tendue du droit de propri茅t茅鈥, fascicule 7 (p. 1鈥35) in JurisClasseur Qu茅bec, Droit des biens (Editions LexisNexis, 2009), revised in 2016.
Further Publications, Commentary and Reports
- 鈥淟ouisiana Property Law鈥 鈥渂ook review鈥, in Journal of Civil Law Studies 2016
- "Rapport qu茅b茅cois sur le contrat de transaction鈥 in B Mallet-Bricout & W Dross, Le contrat de transaction (Ministry of Justice (France), Mission Droit et Justice, 2014).
- 鈥淎 propos de la servitude personnelle 鈥 commentaire de l鈥檃ffaire Therrien c. Therrien鈥 (September 2012) 搁别辫猫谤别蝉, La R茅f茅rence Droit civil, EYB2012REP1239.
- 鈥淒roit priv茅 compar茅 : note bibliographique鈥 (2008) 38 RDUS 599.
- With Lionel Smith, 鈥淭erminologie et mod猫les propri茅taires au XXIe 蝉颈猫肠濒别: propos introductif鈥 (2008) 38 Revue g茅n茅rale de droit 229.
- 鈥淨uelques r茅flexions sur l鈥櫭﹍aboration d鈥檜n dictionnaire juridique鈥, report for the Franco-Khmer Legal Dictionary research team, under the direction of Dean Fulchiron and Professor Kan-Balivet, Universit茅 Lyon 3, 2007.
- Claude Garcin & Nac茅ra Mezzerreb, eds, L鈥檈ntraide judiciaire internationale en mati猫re p茅nale, (Lyon: Minister of Justice, 2000) [approximately 300 pages].
- 鈥淟a conception de la justice et de la loi chez les sophistes鈥, m茅moire de D.E.A., Universit茅 Panth茅on-Assas (Paris 2), 1996.