Grégoire Webber

Queen's University - Faculty of Law

Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law

128 Union Street

Kingston, Ontario K7L3N6

Canada

http://law.queensu.ca/directory/gregoire-webber

London School of Economics - Law School

Visiting Senior Fellow

Houghton Street

London, WC2A 2AE

United Kingdom

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/staff/gregoire-webber.htm

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1.

Proportionality, Balancing, and the Cult of Constitutional Rights Scholarship

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 23 May 2010
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Proportionality, balancing, constitutional rights, Robert Alexy, David Beatty, incommensurability

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Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning Introduction

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Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning Introduction

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 13/2014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller and Grégoire Webber
University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning

PROPORTIONALITY AND THE RULE OF LAW: RIGHTS, JUSTIFICATION, REASONING, Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller, and Grégoire Webber, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 May 2014
Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller and Grégoire Webber
University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional theory, judicial review, proportionality, comparative constitutional law, constitutional rights, interpretation, rule of law,

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Britain's Political Constitution: A Normative Turn

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Feb 2009
Graham Gee and Grégoire Webber
University of Birmingham and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Political constitution, legal constitution, Richard Bellamy, JAG Griffith, Adam Tomkins, legislature

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Proportionality and Limitations on Freedom of Speech

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Proportionality and Limitations on Freedom of Speech

Forthcoming, Fred Schauer and Adrienne Stone (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Freedom of Speech
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Mar 2019
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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proportionality, balancing, human rights, constitutional rights, First Amendment, freedom of expression, freedom of speech

Proportionality and Limitations on Freedom of Speech

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 7/2019, Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Apr 2019
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Proportionality and Absolute Rights

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Proportionality and Absolute Rights

Forthcoming in Vicki Jackson and Mark Tushnet (eds.), Proportionality: New Frontiers, New Challenges, Cambridge University Press, 2016 , LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 10/2016
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Aug 2016
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights, absolute rights, proportionality, balancing, specification

Proportionality and Absolute Rights

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 073
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2016
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights, absolute rights, proportionality, balancing, specification

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Introduction: The 'What' and 'Why' of Constitutional Dialogue

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Introduction: The 'What' and 'Why' of Constitutional Dialogue

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 21/2019, Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Dec 2019
Geoffrey Sigalet, Grégoire Webber and Rosalind Dixon
McGill Research Group on Constitutional Studies, Queen's University - Faculty of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice
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Constitutional Dialogue: Right, Democracy, Institutions (Introduction)

Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2020
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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constitutional dialogue, rights, democracy, institutions, constitutional theory, public law

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Originalism's Constitution

THE CHALLENGE OF ORIGINALISM, G Huscroft and BW Miller,eds., Cambridge University Press, 2011, LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 19/2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2011
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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constitutional law, interpretation, originalism, constitutional construction

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Introduction: Securing Human Rights Through Legislation

Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights Through Legislation, Forthcoming, Queen's University Legal Research Paper, LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 17/2018
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2018
Grégoire Webber and Paul Yowell
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and Independent
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On the Loss of Rights

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 16/2013
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Constituting Rights by Limitation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Jan 2009
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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rights, limitation, specification, absolute, balancing, proportionality, limitation clause

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Legal Reasoning and Bills of Rights

MODERN CHALLENGES TO THE RULE OF LAW, R Ekins, ed., LexisNexis, 2011, LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 1/2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2011
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Rights and the Rule of Law in the Balance

(2013) 129 Law Quarterly Review 399-419
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Aug 2014
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Rule of law; proportionality; balancing; rights; Fuller; Waldron; vagueness

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Notwithstanding Rights, Review, or Remedy? On the Notwithstanding Clause and the Operation of Legislation

(2021) 71 University of Toronto Law Journal 510-538, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2021-003
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Oct 2021
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Canadian Charter, Commonwealth model, constitutional rights, judicial review, legislation, notwithstanding clause, section 33, supremacy clause, weak-form review

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Introduction: The Negotiable Constitution: On the Limitation of Rights

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009; Paperback Edition, 2012)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Jun 2013
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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rights, limitation, Constitution, legislation, specification

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Asking Why in the Study of Human Affairs

American Journal of Jurisprudence, 2015, Forthcoming, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2015-55
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2015
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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general jurisprudence, methodology, human affairs, description, explanation, central case, central case method

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Human Goods and Human Rights Law

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Human Goods and Human Rights Law

Forthcoming in: The Cambridge Handbook of Natural Law and Human Rights (Tom Angier, Iain Benson, and Mark Retter, eds, Cambridge University Press), Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2021-002
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights law, natural law, positive law, human goods, deduction, specification, political community, common good, justice, practical reason

Human Goods and Human Rights Law

Forthcoming in: The Cambridge Handbook of Natural Law and Human Rights (Tom Angier, Iain Benson, and Mark Retter, eds, Cambridge University Press), LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 18/2021
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights law, natural law, positive law, human goods, deduction, specification, political community, common good, justice, practical reason

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Past, Present, and Justice in the Exercise of Judicial Responsibility

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2017-094, LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 16/2018
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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legislature, legislation, court, adjudication, dialogue, bills of rights, constitutional rights, separation of powers, HLA Hart, Rule of Change, Rule of Adjudication

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The Unfulfilled Potential of the Court and Legislature Dialogue

Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 443-465, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2009
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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constitutional law, judicial review, dialogue, court, legislature

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Legislated Rights and Contemporary Constitutional Government

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Legislated Rights and Contemporary Constitutional Government

(2020) 11 Jurisprudence, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2020-007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Oct 2020
Grégoire Webber and Richard Ekins
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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human rights, constitutional theory, separation of powers, the executive, legislatures, judicial review, Ronald Dworkin, weak-form review, Commonwealth constitution, constitutional dialogue

Legislated Rights and Contemporary Constitutional Government

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 14/2020
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Dec 2020
Grégoire Webber and Richard Ekins
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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Human rights, constitutional theory, separation of powers, executive, legislature, judicial review, Ronald Dworkin, weak-form review, constitutional dialogue

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What is a Political Constitution?

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What is a Political Constitution?

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 May 2010
Graham Gee and Grégoire Webber
University of Birmingham and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Constitution, Legal Constitution, JAG Griffith, Adam Tompkins, Richard Bellamy, Constitutional Model, Political

What is a Political Constitution?

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, Issue 2, pp. 273-299, 2010
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Graham Gee and Grégoire Webber
University of Birmingham and Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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Loyal Opposition and the Political Constitution

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2017-093
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Aug 2017
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Loyal Opposition, Parliament, Public Law, Constitutional Theory, Political Theory, Political Constitutionalism

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Can the Constitution of a Fruit Fly Be Written?

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Can the Constitution of a Fruit Fly Be Written?

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 10/2020
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Dec 2021
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Can the Constitution of a Fruit Fly be Written?

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2020-004
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2021
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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John Gardner, HLA Hart, secondary rules, constitutional theory, witten consitution

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What Oakes Could Have Said (or How Else to Read a Limitations Clause)

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2022-002
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Canadian Charter, human rights, constitutional rights, limitations clause, balancing, proportionality, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, community

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Introduction: La fin de Oakes?

L.B. Tremblay and G.C.N. Webber, THE LIMITATION OF CHARTER RIGHTS: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON R. V. OAKES, Thémis, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jul 2009
Luc B. Tremblay and Grégoire Webber
University of Montreal - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Limitation clause, constitutional rights, proportionality, balancing, Oakes

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Opposition

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Opposition

Forthcoming: The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory (Richard Bellamy and Jeff King, eds., Cambridge University Press, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2020-009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Oct 2020
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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opposition, loyalty, Parliament, legislatures, Parliament, Congress, parliamentary government, presidential system, constitutional design

Opposition

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 16/2020
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Dec 2020
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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opposition, loyalty, legislatures, Parliament, Congress, parliamentary government, presidential system, constitutional design

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Legislated Rights in the Real World

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Legislated Rights in the Real World

Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies on Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights Through Legislation (Cambridge University Press 2018, pb 2019), Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2020-005
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Jun 2020
Grégoire Webber and Paul Yowell
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and Independent
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human rightsl, constitutional, constitutional theory, legislatures, judicial review, central case analysis ; specificationism

Legislated Rights in the Real World

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 11/2020
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Jul 2020
Grégoire Webber and Paul Yowell
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and Independent
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human rights, constitutional rights, constitutional theory, legislatures, judicial review, central case analysis, specificationism

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Eulogy for the Constitution That Was

(2014) 12 International Journal of Constitutional Law 468-486, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2015-009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2015
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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British constitution; Martin Loughlin; Oakeshott

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Legislated Rights in the Anglo-American Tradition

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Legislated Rights in the Anglo-American Tradition

Faulkner Law Review, Vol. 10, 2018, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2020-001
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jan 2020
Richard Ekins and Grégoire Webber
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights, legal rights, constitutional law, central case, judicial review

Legislated Rights in the Anglo-American Tradition

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 5/2020, Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Apr 2020
Richard Ekins and Grégoire Webber
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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human rights, legal rights, constitutional law, central case analysis, judicial review

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The Question Why and the Common Good

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 075, Jurisprudence, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 31 Jul 2016
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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philosophy of law, jurisprudence, Anscombe, philosophy of action, common good, methodology

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Parliament and the Management of Conflict

[2014] Public Law 100-111, Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2015-008
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2015
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Parliament, JAG Griffith, opposition, government, House of Commons

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The Notwithstanding Clause, the Operation of Legislation, and Judicial Review

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2022-003
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Canadian Charter, notwithstanding clause, constitutional rights, operation of legislation, judicial review

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The Polycentricity of Political Financing

[2012] Public Law 310-327
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Aug 2014
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Political financing; Fuller; polycentricity; spending; expenditure; public policy

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Rationalism in Public Law

(2013) 76 Modern Law Review 708
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 May 2015
Graham Gee and Grégoire Webber
University of Birmingham and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Public Law, Rationalism, Oakeshott, Traditions, Technical Knowledge and Practical Knowledge

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The Duty to Govern and the Rule of Law in an Emergency

Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 (Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Theriault, and Sridhar Venkatapuram, eds, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2020) pp. 175-182.
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 31 Jul 2020
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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duty to govern, Rule of Law, coordination, COVID-19, emergency powers, state of exception

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Vignettes of Insight

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Vignettes of Insight

LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 16/2022, Queen's University Legal Research Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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basic goods, insight, knowledge, play, beauty, John Finnis, Bernard Lonergan, methodology

Vignettes of insight

Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 2022-004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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basic goods, insight, knowledge, play, beauty, Bernard Lonergan, methodology

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Same-Sex Marriage in Canada: Contributions from the Courts, the Executive, and Parliament

King's Law Journal (2005), 16 (1). pp. 132-143
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 May 2016
Grégoire Webber and Graham Gee
Queen's University - Faculty of Law and University of Birmingham
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same-sex marriage, Canada, human rights

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Some Internal Points of View in the Study of Law

(2012) 28 Constitutional Commentary 325-345
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Aug 2014
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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HLA Hart; internal point of view; external point of view; reasons for action; James Allan

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Rights and the law's progressive measures

Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Nov 2022
Grégoire Webber
Queen's University - Faculty of Law
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, bills of rights, Canadian Charter, human rights, constitutional rights, human rights law

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A Confused Court: Equivocations on Recognising Same-Sex Relationships in South Africa

Modern Law Review, Vol. 69, Issue 5, pp. 831-842, September 2006
Posted: 04 May 2016
Graham Gee and Grégoire Webber
University of Birmingham and Queen's University - Faculty of Law

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Same-Sex Marriage, South Africa, Human Rights