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McGill.CA / Faculté de droit / Corps professoral

Robert Leckey

Doyen de la Faculté de droit
Professeur titulaire
Titulaire de la Chaire Samuel Gale

Pavillon Chancellor-Day
3644, rue Peel
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Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 1W9

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Biographie

Robert Leckey, Ad. E., est professeur titulaire à la Faculté de droit, où il enseigne le droit constitutionnel et le droit de la famille. Il a dirigé le Centre Paul-André Crépeau de droit privé et comparé entre août 2014 et juin 2016, après quoi il a été nommé doyen de la Faculté de droit pour un mandat de cinq ans. En décembre 2020, le Conseil des gouverneurs de McGill l'a reconduit pour un second mandat de cinq ans, à compter du 1er juillet 2021.

De 2002 à 2003, il a été l’auxiliaire juridique du juge Michel Bastarache à la Cour suprême du Canada. Boursier de la Fondation Trudeau de 2003 à 2006, il a obtenu un doctorat de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Toronto. Sa dissertation, qui lui a valu la médaille Alan Marks pour la meilleur thèse doctorale de 2006, a été publiée par University of Toronto Press en 2008, sous le titre Contextual Subjects: Family, State, and Relational Theory. En 2005-2006, il a travaillé comme chercheur invité au Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM). Il s’est joint à la Faculté de droit en juillet 2006 et a été nommé titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson par l'Université McGill en 2011. Pendant son année sabbatique en 2012-2013, il fut un invité spécial de l’Institut d'études canadiennes de McGill.

Il est membre du Barreau de l’Ontario depuis 2003 et avocat du Barreau du Québec depuis 2020. De 2017 à 2020, il fut conseiller en loi de ce dernier. De 2008 à 2011, il a présidé le McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. En 2010 et 2011, il a agi comme directeur de la recherche pour la Commission d'enquête sur le processus de nominations des juges du Québec (la Commission Bastarache). De 2011 à 2015, il a servi à titre de président d’Égale Canada. De 2011 à 2016, il a également présidé le Comité des affaires juridiques de cet organisme. De 2020 à 2022, il a présidé le Conseil des doyens et des doyennes des facultés de droit du Canada.

Robert Leckey a gagné le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Québec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de l’Association canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford d’excellence en enseignement de l’Association des étudiant(e)s en droit de McGill (2009); le Prix Canada de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé (2010); le (2010); et le Prix « Change-Maker » de la principale pour le rayonnement médiatique (2020).

En 2014, il a été élu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a été élu membre associé de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé. En 2020, il a été élu membre du Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la Société Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a reçu la distinction d'Avocat émérite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du Québec.

Robert Leckey a gagné le Prix de la Fondation du Barreau du Québec (2007); le Prix du concours d'essai juridique de l’Association canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit (2009); le Prix John W. Durnford d’excellence en enseignement de l’Association des étudiant(e)s en droit de McGill (2009); le Prix Canada de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé (2010); le (2010); le Prix « Change-Maker » de la principale pour le rayonnement médiatique (2020); et le Prix du héros de laSection de l’alliance de la diversité sexuelle et des genres (ADSG)de l’Association du Barreau canadien (2024).

En 2014, il a été élu membre de la Global Young Academy. En 2017, il a été élu membre associé de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé. En 2020, il a été élu membre du Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la Société Royale du Canada. En 2021, il a reçu la distinction d'Avocat émérite (Ad. E.) du Barreau du Québec. En 2024, il a été admis, de façon honorifique, à la Société Scarlet Key de l’Université McGill.

Intérêts de recherche

Robert Leckey mène des recherches dans les domaines de droit constitutionnel, droit familial et droit comparé. Il est directeur d’une collection intitulée (Routledge, 2015). Il vient aussi de publier un ouvrage intitulé(Cambridge University Press, 2015). Ses intérêts de recherches incluent la réglementation du couple et la filiation, ainsi que la relation entre les régimes publics et privés de réglementation familiale.

Le professeur Leckey est toujours intéressé à superviser des étudiants de cycles supérieurs travaillant sur ces questions.

Parcours professionnel

  • Titulaire de la Chaire Samuel Gale, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2016-
  • Doyen, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2016-
  • Professeur titulaire, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2015-
  • Directeur, Centre Paul-André Crépeau de droit privé et comparé, août 2014-juin 2016
  • Titulaire d'une chaire William Dawson, 2011-2016
  • Directeur par intérim, Centre Paul-André Crépeau de droit privé et comparé, juillet-décembre 2011
  • Professeur agrégé, Faculté de droit, Université McGill, 2011-2015
  • Professeur adjoint, Université McGill, Faculté de droit, 2006-2011
  • Chercheur invité, Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CRÉUM), 2005-2006
  • Auxiliaire juridique auprès du juge Michel Bastarache, Cour suprême du Canada, 2002-2003
  • Gestionnaire, Affaires publiques, Institut des fonds d'investissement du Canada (IFIC), 1997-1998

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  • SJD (University of Toronto), 2003-2006
  • BCL/LLB (McGill University), 1998-2002
  • Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Academic Exchange (CRÉPUQ), 2001-2002
  • BA (Hons.) (Queen’s University), 1993-1997

Champs d'intérêt

Droit de la famille, droit administratif, droit constitutionnel.

Publications

Forthcoming publications

"La prestation compensatoire d'union parentale” Les Cahiers de droit [forthcoming], 27 pp.
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“L’union de fait, la provision pour frais et l’accès à la justice”65:4Les Cahiers de droit[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 331–65
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"Advocacy Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause” (2019) 28:4 Constitutional Forum 1–7
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“Introduction” (2016) 118:2 Revue du Notariat 239–41.

“Symposium Introduction” (2016) 62:3 Loyola Law Review 613–20 (with John Lovett).

“Feminism, Institutional Roles, and Justice LeBel’s Family Law” (2015) 70 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 71–91. Reprinted in Dwight Newman & Malcolm Thorburn, eds., The Dignity of Law: The Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2015) 71–91.
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“Introduction: After Equality” (2015) 27:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law i–v (with Régine Tremblay).

“Developments in Family Law: The 2012-2013 Term” (2014) 64 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 241-66.
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“Family Law and the Charter’s First 30 Years: An Impact Delayed, Deep, and Declining but Lasting” (2013) 32:1 Canadian Family Law Quarterly 21–52 (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.
Related Document: Thick Instrumentalism and Comparative Constitutionalism: The Case of Gay Rights [.pdf]

"Chosen Discrimination" (2002) 18 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 445-75.
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Articles in refereed journals

“Family Lawyers on Cohabitation and Judge-Made Law” (2024) 74:4 University of Toronto Law Journal 408–40.
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“La modification de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne en débats” (2024) 65:2 Les Cahiers de droit 347–82 (with Oscar Bourgeois).
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“Compromise on Parenting and Family Violence? Reforms to Canada’s Divorce Act” (2024) 32:1Feminist Legal Studies3–24.
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“L’invisibilité persistante des parents de même sexe en droit familial québécois” (2023) 52:3Revue de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke657–84

"Regards croisés sur l’union de fait en droit québécois" (2023) 64:1Les Cahiers de droit217–42.
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“Differences in a Minor Archive: Feminist Activists and Scholars on Cohabitation” (2022) 70:2American Journal of Comparative Law364-398.
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“Indigenous Parents and Child Welfare: Mistrust, Epistemic Injustice, and Training” (2022) 31:4 Social & Legal Studies 559-79 (with Raphael Schmieder-Gropen, Chukwubuikem Nnebe & Miriam Clouthier).
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“Child Welfare, Indigenous Parents, and Judicial Mediation” (2022) 49:1 Journal of Law and Society 151–69.
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“The Notwithstanding Clause: Legislatures, Courts, and the Electorate” (2022) 72:2 University of Toronto Law Journal 189–215 (with Eric Mendelsohn).
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“‘Repugnant’: Homosexuality and Criminal Family Law” (2020) 70:3 University of Toronto Law Journal 225–44.
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“Assisted Dying, Suspended Declarations, and Dialogue’s Time” (2019) 69:Supp University of Toronto Law Journal 64–83.
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“One Parent, Three Parents: Judges and Ontario’s All Families Are Equal Act, 2016” (2019) 33:3 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 298–315.
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“Cohabitation, Female Sacrifice, and Judge-Made Law” (2019) 41:1 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 72–91.
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“L’enrichissement injustifié, l’union de fait et l’emprunt à la common law dans le droit mixte du Québec” (2018) 59:3 Les Cahiers de droit 585–615.
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“L’adoption coutumière autochtone en droit civil québécois” (2018) 59:4 Les Cahiers de droit 973–96.
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“Judging in Marriage’s Shadow” (2018) 26:1 Feminist Legal Studies 25–45.
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“Les liens de l’adopté” [2017] 4 Revue internationale de droit comparé 847–61.
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“Cohabitation, Law Reform, and the Litigants” (2017) 31:2 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 131–46.
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“Review of Comparative Law” (2017) 26:1 Social & Legal Studies 3–24.

“Realizing Rights Here and Now” Australian Journal of Human Rights (2016) 22:2 Australian Journal of Human Rights 61–80.
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“Cohabitation’s Boundaries and the Confines of Tradition” (2016) 25:5 Social & Legal Studies 525–43 (with Yann Favier).
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“The Harms of Remedial Discretion” (2016) 14:3 International Journal of Constitutional Law 584–607.
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“Identity, Law, and the Right to a Dream?” (2015) 38:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 525–47.
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“Enforcing Laws That Infringe Rights” [2016] Public Law, 206-14.
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“Remedial Practice beyond Constitutional Text” (2016) 64:1 American Journal of Comparative Law 1–35.
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“Strange Bedfellows” (2014) 64:5 University of Toronto Law Journal 641–68.
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« ‘Infiniment plus de choses dans la vie que dans la loi’: La reconnaissance des mères lesbiennes» (2014) 86 Droit et Société 115–32.
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“Must Equal Mean Identical? Same-sex Couples and Marriage” (2014) 10:1 International Journal of Law in Context 5-25.
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“Face to Face” (2013) 19 Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 743-58.
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“Marriage and the Data on Same-Sex Couples” (2013) 35:2 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 179–91.
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"Two Mothers in Law and Fact" (2013) 21:1 Feminist Legal Studies 1–19.
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“Bankruptcy, Provincial Law, and the Family Farm” 91 (2012) 91:2Canadian Bar Review 435–53.
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“Les trente premières années de la Charte canadienne en droit de la famille” (2012) 42:3 Revue de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke 409–57 (with Nicholas Bala).
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“Unjust Enrichment and De facto Spouses” (2012) 114:3 Revue du Notariat 475–500.
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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 Thémis 315-41.
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"The Practices of Lesbian Mothers and Quebec’s 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’s Rule of Law" (2010) 55 McGill Law Journal 721-41.
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"Rhapsodie sur la forme et le fond de l’harmonisation 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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"‘Where the Parents Are of the Same Sex’: Quebec’s Reforms to Filiation" (2009) 23 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 62-82.
Related Document: Where the Parents Are of the Same Sex: Quebec’s Reforms to Filiation [.pdf]

"Cohabitation and Comparative Method" (2009) 72 Modern Law Review 48-72.
Related Document: Cohabitation and Comparative Method [.pdf]

"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 règle de droit" (2007) 45 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 571-620.
Related Document: Prescribed by Law / Une règle de droit [.pdf]

"Private Law as Constitutional Context for Same-Sex Marriage" (2007) 2 Journal of Comparative Law 172-91.
Related Document: Private Law as Constitutional Context for Same-sex Marriage [.pdf]

"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’s Identities" (2002) 28 Queen’s Law Journal 221-77.
Related Document: Harmonizing Family Law's Identities [.pdf]

"Relational Contract and Other Models of Marriage" (2002) 40 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1-47.
Related Document: Relational Contract and Other Models of Marriage [.pdf]

"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

“L’union parentale, une réforme trop timide,” IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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“A Timid Reform for Parental Unions,” IRPP Policy Options (15 April 2024).
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“L’union parentale, une réforme trop timide,”IRPP Policy Options(15 April 2024).
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“A Timid Reform for Parental Unions,”IRPP Policy Options(15 April 2024).Related link:

“The Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada,” Oxford Human Rights Hub (18 March 2024) (with Florence Ashley and Samuel Singer).
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“Les conjoints de fait devraient aussi être protégés : Le Québec et l’Ontario devraient appliquer le même partage des biens aux époux et aux conjoints de fait,” IRPP Policy Options (18 September 2023).
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“Robust Public Debate Needed on Use of Notwithstanding Clause,” IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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“Le recours à la disposition de dérogation doit faire l’objet d’un solide débat public,” IRPP Policy Options (18 November 2022).
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“Bill 96: An Attack on Justice and Fundamental Rights,” IRPP Policy Options (20 May 2022).
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“Loi 96: une atteinte à la justice et aux droits fondamentaux,” 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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“Quebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,” IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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“The Faulty Received Wisdom around the Notwithstanding Clause,” IRPP Policy Options (10 May 2019).
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“Political Factors in Judicial Appointments,” Policy Options (1 October 2015).
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“Suspended Declarations of Invalidity and and the Rule of Law,” 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, 5–6).
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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 Québec: une réflexion s’impose",Bulletin de liaison: Fédération des associations de familles monoparentales et recomposées du Québec34(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,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 responsabilité de la doctrine, guest-edited special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, (2016) 118:2 La Revue du Notariat, pp. 239–358 (four peer-reviewed papers plus editor’s 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’s 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

“Legislative Choices in Using Section 33 and Judicial Scrutiny” in Peter L Biro, ed,The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies(Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024) 111–31.

“Religion and Same-Sex Marriage” in Safa Ben Saad, David Koussens & Benjamin Prud’homme, eds., La religion en droit de la famille: Le religieux comme variable de prise de décision dans un droit familial laïcisé (Montreal: Thémis, 2020) 11–26.
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“Cohabitants, Choice, and the Public Interest” in Elizabeth Brake & Lucinda Ferguson, eds., Philosophical Foundations of Children’s and Family Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 115–33.
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“Marriage and the Data on Same-sex Couples” in Susan Millns & Simone Wong, eds., Wealth and Poverty in Close Personal Relationships: Money Matters (London: Routledge, 2017) 101–17.
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“Marriage, Family, and Federal Concerns” in Peter Oliver, Patrick Macklem & Nathalie Des Rosiers, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) 575–94 (with Carol Rogerson).
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“Les droits de la personne et le litige en protection de l’enfance” in Karine Poitras, Claire Baudry & Dominique Goubau, eds., L’enfant et le litige en matière de protection: psychologie et droit (Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2016) 185–209 (with Nicholas Bala).
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“Shifting Scrutiny: Private Ordering in Family Matters in Common-Law Canada” in Frederik Swennen, ed., Contractualisation of Family Law – Global Perspectives (Dordrecht: Springer, 2015) 93–112.
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“Introduction: After Legal Equality” in Robert Leckey, ed., After Legal Equality: Family, Sex, Kinship (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015) 1–21.
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“Introduction” 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.
Related Document: What Is Left of Pelech? [.pdf]

"Legislation and Bilingualism" in Michel Bastarache, ed., Language Rights in Canada, 2d ed. (Cowansville, Qc.: Yvon Blais, 2004) 37-139 (1st ed. by A. Braën).

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

Review: Alice Margaria,The Construction of Fatherhood: The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)(2021) 30:5Social & Legal Studies810–13.Related link:

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

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

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

Review: Richard Collier, Men, Law and Gender: Essays on the ‘Man’ 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 123–6.

Review article: “Language and Judgment’s Reach: Reflecting on Limits on Rights” (Luc B. Tremblay & Grégoire C.N. Webber, eds., The Limitation of Charter Rights: Critical Essays on R. v. Oakes (Montreal: Thémis, 2009)) (2010) 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 1031-44.
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Review: Maurice Tancelin, Des obligations en droit mixte du Québec, 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.
Related Document: Territoriality in Canadian Administrative Law [.pdf]

Conference proceedings

“Mixed Method, Controversy, and Abiding Influence” in Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier & Daniel Jutras, eds., The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonald’s Legal Imagination (Montreal & Kingston: McGill–Queen’s University Press, 2015) 41–6.

“Le passé de l’adopté aux frontières du droit” in Institut canadien d’études juridiques supérieures, ed., Droits de la personne: La circulation des idées, des personnes et des biens et capitaux(Cowansville: Yvon Blais, 2013) 487–504.

"Particular Justice: Michel Bastarache and Family Law" in Nicolas Lambert, ed., À l'avant-garde de la dualité: Mélanges 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’éthique: la revue du CRÉUM 30-35.
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"Language Regulation in New Brunswick’s 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 – Urbanisation Culture Société, 2023) (with Hélène Belleau, Carmen Lavallée & Maude Pugliese), 106 pp.
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“Introduction aux rapports d’experts” in Commission d’enquête sur le processus de nomination des juges du Québec, Annexes (Québec: Publications du Québec, 2011) 101–12.

"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

“Comment la loi 21 adoptée sous le bâillon a modifié la Charte québécoise,”La Presse+ (14 June 2024, Dialogue, screen 6) (withOscar Bourgeois).
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“Droit familial: Une réforme déjà dépassée?,”La Presse+(29 March 2024, Dialogue, screen 8).
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“Droits des personnes trans et non binaires: Québec a l’occasion de faire amende honorable,” Op-ed, La Presse+ (5 February 2021, Débats, screen 8).
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“Quebec Could Face Compensation Claims for Bill 21 Harms,” IRPP Policy Options (10 October 2019).
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"Canada's misguided approach to HIV," Op-ed, The Toronto Star (30 November 2014)
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"The PM Is Not Championing a Tradition of Marriage," Op-ed, The Globe and Mail (5 October 2006, A19).
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