Conferences

Le respect des nuances dans la traduction bi-juridique de l'anglais au français, lecture given for the Société des traducteurs, Montreal, March 1979

Quelques orientations nouvelles dans les données juridiques des conflits du travail, paper (later published) presented at the Meredith Memorial lectures, McGill University, October 1980

The Duty to Bargain in Good Faith under Quebec Labour Law and its Effect on Quasi-Public Employers, lecture given for the Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards, Montreal, February 1982

La réforme des brefs de prérogative à la lumière du «Judicial Review Procedure Act», paper presented at the Institut de recherches appliquées sur le travail, November 1983

Pathologie et thérapeutique du recours voué à l'échec, paper (later published) presented during the bi-annual meeting of the Section on Torts and Civil Responsibility of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Montebello, February 1984

The Exclusion of Evidence under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: What to Do and What Not to Do, paper (later published) presented to the Evidence Section during the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Toronto, June 1984

Le contrôle judiciaire des tribunaux du travail, aspects qualitatifs et quantitatifs, report presented to the Commission consultative sur le travail, Montreal, June 1985

Le contrôle de la compétence d'attribution : thèse, antithèse et synthèse, paper (later published) presented at the symposium on Administrative Law held at the Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, November 1985

Les lenteurs de la justice considérées sous un angle qui les avantage, paper (later published) presented at the symposium on Access to Justice held at the Université de Montréal, March 1987

Les nouvelles modalités du contrôle juridictionnel en droit administratif québécois, lecture given for the Association du barreau de province, Sherbrooke, November 1987

Teaching and Testing Professionnal Skills in the Quebec Bar Admission Programme, paper (later published) presented at the bi-annual meeting of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (United-States), Montreal, January 1988

Certains problème d'applicabilité des Chartes de droits et libertés en droit québécois, paper (later published) presented at the conference of the Formation permanente du Barreau du Québec, Quebec and Montreal, March 1988

L'impact de l'arrêt Dolphin Delivery sur le droit privé québécois, lecture given for the Association du Barreau de province, Val d'Or, May 1988

La place de la déontologie, et de son contenu cognitif, dans la formation professionnelle, report presented at the Comité de la formation professionnelle, Barreau du Québec, Montreal, October 1988

Le droit de la preuve dans la réforme du Code civil, lecture given during the opening session of the annual conference of the Barreau du Québec, Montreal, May 1989

Nationalism and International Law, lecture given for the World Federalist Movement – Canada, Montreal Branch, Montreal, November 1991

La déjudiciarisation et l'accès à la justice, lecture given at the symposium of the Bureaux de révision de la Commission de santé et sécurité du travail, Montreal, May 1992

La sanction des recours abusifs, lecture given in the context of seminar courses for judges of the Faculty of Law of Université Laval, Quebec, October 1992

The court system under the Canadian Constitution, talk given to a delegation of judge from the Constitutional Court of Austria, Montreal, May 1993

Canada as a Post-Modern Kritarchy, speech delivered for the Graduate Society of McGill University, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, June 1993

Les droits fondamentaux et l'accès à la justice comme moyens et comme fin, paper presented at the Symposium of the AUPELF-UREF on the effectiveness of fundamental rights, Port-Louis, Republic of Mauritius, September 1993

Le Québec au sein de la Constitution canadienne, talk given to the President of the legislative commission of the National Assembly of Vietnam and to a delegation of jurists representing the government of Vietnam, Montreal, October 1993

Le processus de nomination des juges en regard de leur «immense pourvoir politique», paper presented at the symposium of the Quebec Society of Comparative Law, March 1994

La formation professionnelle et la formation universitaire en droit, lecture given at the conference of the Association québécoise des professeurs de droit, April 1994

A Reactionary Look at the Future of the Legal Profession, lecture given at the Conference on the Legal Profession and Legal Ethics, Calgary, June 1994

The Origins of the Canadian Legal System and its Civil Law Tradition, talk given to the Minister of Justice of Vietnam and to a delegation of jurists of Vietnam, Montreal, September 1994

Synthèse des travaux, closing speech at the conference of the Canadian Institute for Administration of Justice on “Open Justice”, Ottawa, October 1994

Review of Administrative Records under NAFTA, paper (later published) presented at the symposium on “Administrative Law Implications of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in International Trade” organized by the Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Ottawa, November 1994

Litigiousness, talk given in the context of reflection workshops organized by the Minister of Justice of Canada, Ottawa, February 1995

L'utilisation des travaux de sciences sociales dans la prise de décision judiciaire, lecture presented at the symposium of the Minister of Justice of Canada on Social Sciences and Law, Ottawa, March 1995

Les cours constitutionnelles nord-américaines et les travaux de sciences sociales, talk delivered in the context of doctoral Legal Theory and Public Law classes, Faculté de droit et de science politique d'Aix-Marseille, March 1995

La protection constitutionnelle de la liberté de religion au Canada, participation in a round-table discussion of the Groupe d'Études et de Recherches sur la Justice Constitutionnelle, Aix-en-Provence, March 1995

Le traitement du fait dans la tradition juridique anglo-américaine, talk delivered in the context of a doctoral in Judicial Law, Faculté de droit et de science politique d'Aix-Marseille, March 1995

The Resolution of Commercial Disputes in Western Legal Systems, with Special Emphasis on the Canadian Legal System, introductory course (5 days half-load) taught to judges of the Economic Tribunal of Vietnam, Hanoi, May 1995

The Resolution of Commercial Disputes in Western Legal Systems, with Special Emphasis on the Canadian Legal System, introductory course (5 days half-load) taught to judges of the Economic Tribunal of Vietnam, Danang, May 1995

Expertise et partialité, deux faces de la même médaille?, paper presented during the annual meeting of judges of the Federal Court of Canada, National Judicial Institute, Montebello, October 1995

Trois modestes commentaires sur les rapports entre l’éthique, la déontologie et le droit, lecture given at the Conference on «Qualité et amélioration continue» of the Conseil interprofessionnel du Québec, Montreal, November 1995

La connaissance d’office des données socio-économiques en droit de la famille - Réponse à Mme le juge L’Heureux-Dubé, lecture given at the Conference on Family Law of the National Judicial Institute, Quebec, February 1996

Comment on Alan Cairns’s “Why is it So Dificult to Talk to Each Other?”, commentary delivered during the Conference on «Blasted Pine - A Conference on Contemporary Consitution-alism», McGill University, Montreal, February 1996

Le secret professionnel en droit québécois, un droit fondamental absolu et relatif selon les circonstances, lecture given at the Conference on «Professional Responsibility and Professional Ethics», McGill University, Montreal, May 1997

The Canadian Legal System and its dual Private Law Traditions, lecture given for a delegation of judges and jurists from Vietnam, Montreal, June 1997

Judicial Remuneration for Federally Appointed Judges in Canada - A Comment, paper presented at the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges, Ottawa, August 1997

L’arrêt Libman, peu lu mais vivement dénoncé, paper presented for the Quebec Studies Program at McGill University, Montreal, November 1997

Lies my Notary Told Me - Le vrai et l’inscription de faux, paper presented in the context of the Conferences the Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, November, 1997 [to be published, Éditions Themis, 2000]

L’incidence de la légalité sur la souveraineté / la sécession du Québec, debates with Mr. Claude Ryan organized by the Conseil pour l’unité canadienne, Montreal, February 1998 (later published in La Presse)

La place de la déontologie dans un ordre professionnel, paper presented at the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Québec, Montreal, March 1998

Should "Perspective" Form Part of the Message?, paper presented at the annual meeting of appellate level judges of the National Judicial, Montreal, April 1998

Le peuple du Québec devant la Cour suprême du Canada, speech delivered for the annual General Assembly of the Conseil pour l’unité canadienne, Ottawa, April 1998

Le rôle de l’université dans la formation des juristes : perspectives et projections, paper presented for the Comité de la formation professionnelle du Barreau du Québec, North Hatley, May 1998

The Origins, Aims and Methodology of Comparative Law, seminar of 9 hours held for a group of jurists of the government of Vietnam, Saigon, May 1998

Comparative Civil Procedure and International Arbitration, seminar of 9 hours held for a group of jurists of the government of Vietnam, Hanoi, May 1998

L’humanisation du droit de la famille - Rapport d’étape, talk given at the Annual Conference of the Barreau du Québec, La Malbaie, June 1998

Les retombées politiques du Renvoi sur la Sécession du Québec, paper, McGill Institue for the Study of Canada, September 1998

The Secession Reference in the Supreme Court of Canada - Its Immediate Effect on Quebec and Canadian Politics, paper, Harvard University Seminar on Canada, Boston, September 1998

Les fonctions respectives de la déontologie et de la justice naturelle dans la justice administrative, paper (later published) presented in the context of the of the service de la formation permanente du Barreau du Québec, Montreal, November 1998

The Institutions and Professions in the Canadian Legal System, seminar of 9 hours held for a group of judges from the Popular Republic of China, Montreal, January 1999

Le contentieux sur les conflits d’intérêts : origines et perspectives, meeting of the Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec City, February 1999

Evidence in Anglo-American systems, seminar of 12 hours held for a group of judges from the Popular Republic of China, Montreal, May 1999

Figure actuelle du juge dans la cité, opening lecture (later published), Joint conference of the Association canadienne des professeurs de droit and the Association canadienne droit et société, Sherbrooke, June 1999

Le juge canadien et le rapport entre la légalité, la constitutionnalité et la légitimité, paper (later published) presented at a conference of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, Quebec, October 1999

Quelques points de repère sur l’égalité dans une société diversifiée, paper (later published) presented at the conference of the National Judicial Institute, Montreal, October 1999

Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle (la rationalité juridique), lecture (to be published) given under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal, November 1999

Droit et science politique à l’UQÀM, address (later published by UQÀM) presented at the opening of the Faculty of Political Science and Law of the Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, January 2000

Le projet de loi C-20 au regard du Renvoi sur la sécession du Québec, talk and dissertation presented for the Special Parliamentary Committee on Bill C-20, Ottawa, February 2000

Challenging the Law of Evidence: How Are We Doing With Facts?, paper (to be published) presented at the conference of the National Judicial Institute, Halifax, March 2000

Pathologie et thérapeutique du plaideur trop belliqueux, paper presented during a conference of the Université du Québec à Montréal on the “Abuse of Law and Civil Procedure”, Montreal, March 2000

Rapport général : Solidarité, bonne foi et droits de l’homme, Les Journées Strasbourgeoises, Strasbourg, July 2000

A Canadian Perspective on Confidentiality, Psychotherapy and the Law, paper presented at the Congress on “Confidentiality and Society: Psychotherapy, Ethics and the Law”, Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association, Montreal, October 2000

The Making of the Administrative State — Historical Development, paper presented at the Joint Seminar on Judicial Review, National Judges College, Beijing, November 2000

Standing and Judicial Deference, paper presented at the Joint Seminar on Judicial Review, National Judges College, Beijing, November 2000

The Future of Judicial Review, paper presented at the Joint Seminar on Judicial Review, National Judges College, Beijing, November 2000

Pathologie et thérapeutique du plaideur trop belliqueux, paper presented at the conference of the Formation professionnelle du Barreau du Québec, Montreal, April 2001

Expertise et connaissance d’office dans la justice administrative, paper presented at the annual conference of the Tribunal administratif du Québec, Bécancour, June 2001

The Legal Profession and the Practice of Law in Canada, seminar held for the California Judges Association, Montreal, June 2001

Séminaire: Faire le point sur la Charte canadienne des droits, one week seminar held for the National Judicial Institute, Montebello, July 2001

McGill’s Integrated Civil and Common Law Programme, paper presented at the Conference on bi-juralism, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, November 2001

Rapport général – Région Europe, Colloquim on «Mondialisation et Justice» organized by the Barreau du Québec and the Minister of Justice of Quebe, Montreal, January 2002

Quelques considérations sur la quérulence et l’abus du droit d’ester en justice, lecture given at the Juriclub, Montreal, February 2002

L’imputabilité, notion juridique, notion administrative et notion politique, lecture given at the conference of the parole officers of the Correctional Service of Canada, Mont Saint-Sauveur, March 2002

Tracing and Exposing Extrinsic Evidence, lecture presented for the Appellate Courts Seminar, The National Judicial Institute, Vancouver, April 2002

The Gatekeeping Function and Opinion Evidence, lecture presented for the Ontario Superior Court Seminar, The National Judicial Institute, Ottawa, April 2002

Le justiciable quérulent et le justiciable non représenté – État des questions, lecture presented at the Annual Conference of the Barreau du Québec, La Malbaie, May 2002

Bias and Judicial Ethics in Canadian Law – A Synthetic Overview, lecture presented for a group of judges from Serbia and Montenegro, International Commission of Jurists and Canadian International Development Agency, Montreal, June 2002

Legal Education in Canada and Transsystemic Legal Education at McGill, paper presented to a delegation of Vietnamese judges and professors of law, Montreal, August 2002

Comment concilier déontologie et indépendance judiciaires? paper (to be published) presented at the Conference of the Conseil de la magistrature du Québec on occasion of the Annual Conference of Judges of the Court of Quebec, Quebec, October 2002

Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Legislation in Canada, talk given for a delegation of judges of the Supreme Court of the Popular Republic of China, Montreal, January 2003

Les règles d'intervention en appel et en révision judiciaire convergent-elles? Speech presented at the seminar for the training of judges of the Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec, April 2003

Abus de droit, quérulence et parties non représentées, lecture presented for the Association des juges administratifs du Québec, Montreal, June 2003

Abus de droit, quérulence et parties non représentées, lecture presented for the Association des juges administratifs du Québec, Quebec, June 2003

The Strong Legal Indeterminacy Thesis and Appellate Judging in Canada and in the United States, paper, Tulane – McGill – Albany Law Schools Programme, Montreal, August 2003

Questions of Law, Questions of Fact and the Decision in Housen v. Nikolaisen, lecture, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, October 2003

Some Thoughts on Judicial Outreach, Judicial Independence and Judicial Ethics, paper given at the Conference of the Canadian and American Courts of Appeal, The National Judicial Institute, Victoria, October 2003

The Gatekeeping Function and Scientific Evidence Revisited, paper presented at the annual Conferenec of the Federal Court of Canada, The National Judicial Institute, Gatineau, May 2004

Questions of Law, Questions of Fact and the Decision in Housen v. Nikolaisen, lecture, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, October 2004

Le contentieux administratif vingt-cinq ans après la Révolution, lecture presented before the judges of the Administrative Division of the Superior Court of Quebec, Montreal, May 2005

Adversarial and Inquisitorial Models of Procedure, and Judicial Mediation, speech presented at the joint conference of the National Judicial Institute/Council of Europe/ Court of Appeal of Quebec, Montreal, October 2005

Questions of Law, Questions of Fact and the Decision in Housen v. Nikolaisen, lecture, Faculty of Law, McGill Univesity, Montreal, October 2005

Réflexions sur la quérulence (et sur le justiciable qui se représente seul) – État des questions, lecture presented at the Symposium of the Conférence des juges administratifs du Québec, Quebec, November 2005

Equality and Impartiality from the Bottom Up (As Opposed to top Down) – paper presented in the context of a research seminar given by Justice Georgina Jackson, McGill University, Montreal, February 2006

Appellate Advocacy in Three Parts, seminar on pleading at the appellate level, McGill University, Montreal, March 2006

L’apport des disciplines exogènes en droit sur le métier des praticiens, paper presented at the annual congress of the Association de professeur de droit du Québec, Mont-Gabriel, April 2006

Five Progressive Steps in Addressing the Problem of Querulous Litigants, paper presented at the international Symposium on “Access to Justice: How Much is Too Much?”, Monash University, Prato, Italy, July 2006

La quérulence – État des questions pour les juristes, paper, Canadian Institute, Montreal, February 2007

Appellate Advocacy in Three Parts, seminar on pleading at the appellate level, course, McGill University, Montreal, March 2007

Les technologies de l’information et le travail du juge, paper presented at the Colloque du Jeune Barreau du Québec on Information Technology, Montreal, April 2007

Cerner la notion d’intégrité en déontologie judiciaire, speech given at the annual Symposium of the Conférence des juges municipaux du Québec, Bécancourt, September 2007