Presentations

Conferences

Selected list

• « International Legacies of a Century and a Half of the Case Method », University of Ottawa, National University of Singapore, University of London, McGill University, February 14, October 6, October 26, November 4, 2022.
• « Fifty Shades of Ultra Vires: The Many Faces of Judicial Review of Legislation », Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella: A Life of Firsts - Constitutional Law, Ottawa, May 13, 2022.
• « Taking Policy Action Against Anti-Asian Racism », May 21, 2021, 9am.
• « How Exceptional is Judicial Review in Canada? Past, Present and Future », Berkeley Canadian Studies Program Colloquium Series, 223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley, 28 February 2018.
• « Libertés publiques : contributions constitutionnelles au vivre-ensemble », Le vivre-ensemble: un capital social, Institut d’administration publique du Québec, ENAP, Québec, 2 March 2017.
• « Principles, Constitutional Principles and Judicial Review », Nathanson Guest Seminar, Osgoode Hall Law School, York, Ontario, 9 September 2016.
• « The Continuing Significance of Dr Bonham’s Case », Annual Symposium of the Common Law Programme, Université de Montréal, 27 May 2016.
• « Towards a ‘Thin’ Substantive Conception of the Rule of Law under Westminster Constitutions », 2014 Annual Conference, The Society of Legal Scholars, University of Nottingham, England, 9-12 September 2014.
• « A Contextual Defense of ‘Comparative Constitutional Common Law’ », IXth World Congress of Constitutional Law, University of Oslo, 16-20 June 2014.
• « Le principe de l’immunité de la Couronne et la Loi sur le droit d’auteur [The Principle of Crown Immunity and the Copyright Act] », Association Littéraire & Artistique Internationale, Norton Rose Canada, Montréal, 24 February 2014.
• « Le contrôle de constitutionnalité au Canada [Judicial Review of Legislation in Canada] », Journée québéco-suisse, "Fédéralisme : du droit public au droit privé", Association Henri-Capitant and Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, 25 October 2013.
• « Substantive Conceptions of the Rule of Law in Common Law Systems », Second Annual International Forum on the Rule of Law and Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 15-16 December 2012.
• « Retour sur la Déclaration des droits implicite [Revisiting the Implied Bill of Rights Theory] », First Annual Beetz-Laskin Conference on Constitutional Law, Université de Montréal, 14 September 2012.
• « A Dynamic View of Canadian Parliamentary Sovereignty », Inaugural Conference of the New Institute for Canadian Identities, University of Ottawa, 17-18 April 2012.
• « The Living Tree Metaphor, H.L.A. Hart, Dworkin and the Common Law », Constitutional Workshop Series 2011-2012, McGill University, 30 September 2011.
• « The Canadian Implied Bill of Rights and Freedom of Expression under English Common Law », Oxford Public Law Discussion Group, University of Oxford, 12 May 2010.

Guest Lectures

• « Le tournant des grands courants de droit nord-américains vers les sciences sociales », DCL5535 Enjeux contemporains en droit : l’interdisciplinarité et le droit, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, January 25, 2022.
• « The Legal Effects of Canadian Federal Courts’ Constitutional Judgments », Presentation to the Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court and their law clerks, Ottawa, 8 June 2018.
• « Principles, Constitutional Principles and Judicial Review: A Transnational Account », International and Comparative Law Workshop, Harvard Law School, 14 September 2016.
• « Common Law and Comparative Constitutional Law », Annual symposium of the Association of Transnational Law Schools (ATLAS), Université de Montréal, 9 June 2015.
• « Canadian Constitutional Law », North American Law Study Program, China University of Political Science and Law, Eastern China University of Political Science and Law and Université de Montréal Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, 2012-present (annual summer course).
• « Introduction to the Canadian Legal System », North American Law Study Program, China University of Political Science and Law, Eastern China University of Political Science and Law and Université de Montréal Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, 2012-2016 (annual summer course).
• « English and Canadian Parliamentary Sovereignty », McGill University Faculty of Law, October 2009.

Continuing Legal Education

• « Développements récents en droit constitutionnel 2019-2020 », October 7, 2020, 7pm.
• « Développements récents en droit constitutionnel 2018 », Université de Montréal, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, room B-1248, March 22, 2019, 1pm.
• « Introduction to the Canadian Legal System and the Role of the Judge in Canada », Chinese Judges Training Program, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, National Judges College of China and Université de Montréal Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, October 2015-present (annual lecture).
• « Revue annuelle de la jurisprudence sur la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés », Canadian Bar Association, Montréal, 18 September 2006.