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Biography

Robert Leckey, Ad. E., is a full professor at the Faculty of Law, where he teaches constitutional law and family law. He served as director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law from August 2014 to June 2016. On 1 July 2016, he began a five-year term as Dean of the Faculty of Law. In December 2020, 平特五不中鈥檚 Board of Governors reappointed him for a second five-year term, starting 1 July 2021.

From 2002 to 2003, he served as law clerk for Justice Michel Bastarache of the Supreme Court of Canada. From 2003 to 2006, he undertook doctoral studies in law at the University of Toronto as a Trudeau scholar. His dissertation, which received the Alan Marks Medal for best graduate thesis in 2006, was published as Contextual Subjects: Family, State, and Relational Theory, by University of Toronto Press in 2008. In 2005-2006, he worked as a visiting scholar at the Centre de recherche en 茅thique de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al (CR脡UM). He joined the Faculty of Law in July 2006 and was named a William Dawson Scholar by 平特五不中 in 2011. During his sabbatical leave in 2012-2013, he was a special visitor at the 平特五不中 Institute for the Study of Canada.

He has been a member of the Law Society of Ontario since 2003 and an advocate of the Barreau du Qu茅bec since 2020. From 2017 to 2020, he was a solicitor of the Barreau du Qu茅bec. From 2008-2011, he chaired the 平特五不中 Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. In 2010-2011, he served as director of research for the Inquiry Commission on the Process for Appointing Judges (the Bastarache Commission). From 2011 to 2015, he was the president of Egale Canada. From 2011 to 2016, he chaired its Legal Issues Committee. From 2020 to 2022, he served as president of the Council of Canadian Law Deans.

Robert Leckey has received the Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Qu茅bec (2007); the Canadian Association of Law Teachers' Scholarly Paper Prize (2009); the 平特五不中 Law Students鈥� Association鈥檚 John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award (2009); the Canada Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law (2010); the (2010); and the Principal鈥檚 Change-Maker Prize for his public engagement through media in 2020.

In 2014, he was selected for membership in the Global Young Academy. In 2017, he was elected an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. In 2020, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. In 2021, he received the Barreau du Qu茅bec鈥檚 Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) distinction.

Robert Leckey has received the Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Qu茅bec (2007); the Canadian Association of Law Teachers' Scholarly Paper Prize (2009); the 平特五不中 Law Students鈥� Association鈥檚 John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award (2009); the Canada Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law (2010); the (2010); the Principal鈥檚 Change-Maker Prize for his public engagement through media in 2020; and the Hero Award of the 听Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance Section (SAGDA)听of the Canadian Bar Association (2024).

In 2014, he was selected for membership in the Global Young Academy. In 2017, he was elected an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. In 2020, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. In 2021, he received the Barreau du Qu茅bec鈥檚 Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) distinction. In 2024, he was made an honorary member of the 平特五不中 Scarlet Key Society.听

Research interests

Robert Leckey conducts research in constitutional law, family law, and comparative law. He is editor of a collection entitled (Routledge, 2015). His monograph appeared in Cambridge University Press鈥檚 Studies in Constitutional Law in 2015.听

Ongoing research interests include the regulation of adult conjugality, relations between parents and children, and the relationship between public and private regulation of intimacy.

He welcomes queries concerning potential graduate supervision.

Employment

• Samuel Gale Chair, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2016-
• Dean, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2016-
• Full Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2015-
• Director, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, August 2014-June 2016
• William Dawson Scholar, 2011-2016
• Acting Director, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, July 2011-Dec 2011
• Associate Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2011-2015
• Assistant Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2006-2011
• Visiting Scholar, Centre de recherche en 茅thique de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al (CR脡UM), 2005-2006
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Justice Michel Bastarache, Supreme Court of Canada, 2002-2003
• Manager, Public Affairs, The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC), 1997-1998

Education

• SJD (University of Toronto), 2003-2006
• BCL/LLB (平特五不中), 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

Areas of Interest

Family law, administrative law, constitutional law.

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听Charte des droits et libert茅s de la personne听en d茅bats鈥� (2024) 65:2听Les Cahiers de droit听347鈥�82 (with听Oscar听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听Social & Legal Studies 559-79听(with Raphael Schmieder-Gropen, Chukwubuikem Nnebe & Miriam Clouthier).听
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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.
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鈥淭he Notwithstanding Clause: Legislatures, Courts, and the Electorate鈥� (2022) 72:2听University of Toronto Law Journal听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 平特五不中 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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鈥淯nmarried Cohabitants Should Be Protected too: Quebec and Ontario Should Apply the Same Sharing of Property to Both Married and Unmarried Couples,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", Bulletin de liaison: F茅d茅ration des associations de familles monoparentales et recompos茅es du Qu茅bec 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: 平特五不中-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. Related link:听

Review: Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada (Montreal & Kingston: 平特五不中-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: 平特五不中鈥換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� La Presse+ (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, The Globe and Mail (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).
Related link: Droits des personnes trans et non binaires: Qu茅bec a l鈥檕ccasion de faire amende honorable

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).
Related document: Syst猫me de justice: l鈥檋eure du 鈥榖uffet ouvert鈥� est r茅volue

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 平特五不中 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).