Jean Leclair

Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law

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1.

L'Avènement Du Constitutionnalisme En Occident: Fondements Philosophiques Et Contingence Historique (The Advent of Western Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundations and Historical Contingency)

Revue de droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Vol. 41, pp. 159-211, 2011
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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constitution, constitutionalism, history, France, Great-Britain, England, United States, law, constitutional law, Canada, judicial review, individualism, rationalism, natural law, reason, Enlightenment, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bodin, Bossuet

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The French Civil Code of 1804: A Transaction between Revolution and Reaction (Le Code Civil Des Français De 1804: Une Transaction Entre Révolution Et Réaction)

Revue Juridique Thémis, Vol. 36, pp. 1-82, 2002
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 17 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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codification, Civil Code, French Civil Code, historical sociology, legal history, French Law, Napoleon, Rousseau

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Canada's Unfathomable Unwritten Constitutional Principles

Queen’s Law Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 389-443, 2002
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Jan 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Constitutionalism, unwritten principles, judicial review, judicial independence, judicial remuneration, legitimacy, uncertainty, vagueness

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Constitutional Principles in the Secession Reference

Forthcoming in N. Des Rosiers, P. Macklem & P. Oliver (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Dec 2016
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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secession, constitutional law, identity, monism, nationalism, pluralism, federalism, unwritten constitutional principles, positivism

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The Kitkatla Decision: Finding Jurisdictional Room to Justify Provincial Regulation of Aboriginal Matters

Supreme Court Law Review, Vol. 21, pp. 73-104, 2003
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Apr 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, Federal, Division of Powers, Federalism, Aboriginal Peoples, Federal Jurisdiction, Provincial Jurisdiction, Aboriginal Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Indian Act

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'Please, Draw Me a Field of Jurisdiction': Regulating Securities, Securing Federalism

Supreme Court Law Review (2d), Vol. 51, pp. 555-601, 2010
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, Canada, Division of Powers, Securities, Commerce Clause, Methodolgy, Empirical Evidence, Subsidiarity, Efficiency

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Le Fédéralisme Comme Refus des Monismes Nationalistes (Federalism as Rejection of Nationalist Monisms)

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Le Fédéralisme Comme Refus des Monismes Nationalistes (Federalism as Rejection of Nationalist Monisms)

Dimitrios Karmis et François Rocher (dir.), La dynamique confiance-méfiance dans les démocraties multinationales: Le Canada sous l'angle comparatif, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2012, pp. 209-243.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2018
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, political theory, methodological nationalism, nationalism, epistemology, conceptualization, political morality, philosophy, essentialism, identity politics, identity, Canada, Quebec, aboriginal peoples, constitutional law, monism, constitution, pluralism, Canadian Charter of rights

Le Fédéralisme Comme Refus des Monismes Nationalistes (Federalism as Rejection of Nationalist Monisms)

Dimitrios Karmis et François Rocher (dir.), La dynamique confiance-méfiance dans les démocraties multinationales: Le Canada sous l'angle comparatif, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2012, pp. 209-243.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2011
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Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, political theory, methodological nationalism, nationalism, epistemology, conceptualization, political morality, philosophy, essentialism, identity politics, identity, Canada, Quebec, aboriginal peoples, constitutional law, monism, constitution, pluralism, Canadian Charter of rights

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The 2021 I·CONnect-Clough Center Global Review of Constitutional Law: Canada Report

R Albert and others (eds), 2021 Global Review of Constitutional Law (I·CONnect-Clough Center 2022), University of Montreal Faculty of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Mar 2022
Han-Ru Zhou and Jean Leclair
University of Montreal and Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canadian constitutional law, Peace, Order and Good Government, freedom of expression, remedies, suspended declaration of invalidity, notwithstanding clause

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The Substance and Scope of Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Constitutional Law

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2017
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Indians, Native, Indigenous peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Canada, Constitutional law, Aboriginal rights, Aboriginal title, deontological, consequentialism, limitations, constitution

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The Supreme Court’s Understanding of Federalism: Efficiency at the Expense of Diversity

Queen’s Law Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 411-453, 2003
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Dec 2010
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, Canada, judicial review, courts, efficiency, diversity, centralization, decentralization, community, democracy

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The Story of Constitutions, Constitutionalism and Reconciliation: A Work of Prose? Poetry? Or Both?

The Review of Constitutional Studies/Revue d'études constitutionnelles, Vol. 22, no 3, 329-346.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2020
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Law, Indigenous, native, aboriginal, aboriginial rights, Canada, Constitutional law, Aboriginal title, droits ancestraux, Supreme court, Plan Nord, Quebec, politics, consultation, development, rights, claims, autochtones

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Socrates, Odysseus, and Federalism

Forthcoming in the Review of Constitutional Studies/Revue d'études constitutionnelles
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2013
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Normative Theory, Federalism, Indigenous, Aboriginal, Duality, Pluralism, Essentialism, Canada, Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, epistemology, federal constitutionalism, Canada, aboriginal peoples

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Réflexions Critiques Au Sujet De La Métaphore Du Dialogue En Droit Constitutionnel Canadien (Critical Thoughts on the Dialogue Metaphor in Canadian Constitutional Law)

Revue du Barreau numéro spécial, pp. 377-420, 2003
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Sep 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, constitutional law, dialogue, hogg, fuller, separation of powers, democracy, judicial review, legitimacy

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Federal Constitutionalism and Aboriginal Difference

Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 31, 2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Sep 2010
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, aboriginal, native, indigenous, constitutional law, Canada, aboriginal rights, public law

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'Vive Le Québec Libre !' Liberté(s) Et Fédéralisme ('Long Live a Free Quebec!' Freedom(s) and Federalism)

3 Revue Québécoise de Droit constitutionnel, 2010
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, Canada, Quebec, individual freedom, national freedom, nationalism, monism, pluralism, Benjamin Constant, liberty of the Ancients, liberty of the Moderns

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Zeus, Metis and Athena. The Path towards the Constitutional Recognition of Full-Blown Indigenous Legal Orders

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, Indigenous peoples, aboriginal rights, Constitution Act, 1982, generic right, right to self-government, federalism, federal spirit, division of powers, paramountcy, Crown sovereignty, institutional recognition, legitimacy, relational

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Legality, Legitimacy, Decisionism and Federalism: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's Reasoning in Reference Re Secession of Quebec, 1998

Forthcoming in A. López-Basaguren & L. Escajedo San Epifanio (eds), Claims for Secession and Federalism. A comparative Study with special focus on Spain, Springer, 2016
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Dec 2016
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Secession, Canada, constitutional law, identity, monism, nationalism, pluralism, cultural essentialism, unwritten principles, unwritten constitution, legal epistemology

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The Elusive Quest for the Quintessential ‘National Interest’

(2005) 38 University of British Columbia Law Review 355-374
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, Canada, peace, order and good government, residual power, double aspect, national interest doctrine, exclusivity, functional efficiency, diversity

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Le Fédéralisme: Un Terreau Fertile Pour Gérer Un Monde Incertain (Federalism: A Fertile Ground for the Management of an Uncertain World)

Ghislain Otis & Martin Papillon (eds.), Fédéralisme et gouvernance autochtone (Federalism and Aboriginal Governance), Les Presses de l’Université Laval, Québec, pp. 21-50, 2013, Partie 1-Federalismes, Gouvernance Autochtone et Nouvelles Dynamiques Relationnelles, pp. 13-42, 2013
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, federal theory, federal spirit, Canada, monism, pluralism, relational, cultural essentialism, Aboriginal peoples, indigenous peoples, conceptualization

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Military Historiography, Warriors and Soldiers: The Normative Impact of Epistemological Choices

•Leclair J. (2016). Military Historiography, Warriors and Soldiers: The Normative Impact of Epistemological Choices, in Patrick Macklem & Douglas Sanderson (dir.), Essays on the Constitutional Entrenchment of Aboriginal & Treaty Rights, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 179-206.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 14 May 2020
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, epistemology, Canada, native, indigenous peoples, aboriginal people, identity, monoconceptualism, constitution, constitutional law, methodology, methodological individualism, methodological holism, methodological nationalism, structuralism

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The Perils of Conceptual 'Totalism' in Law and in the Social Sciences (Les Périls du Totalisme Conceptuel en Droit et en Sciences Sociales) (French)

Lex Electronica, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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legal epistemology, social sciences, methodological individualism, methodological holism, aboriginal rights, native, indigenous, law, Canada

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Le Droit Des Successions Autochtones: Entre Liberté Et Contrainte (The Law of Wills and Instestacy Applicable to Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Between Freedom and Constraints)

La Liquidation Des Successions - Collection Blais 2009, Volume 1, Éditions Yvon Blais, pp. 97-178)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jan 2014
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, Indian Act, federalism, constitution, aboriginal rights, provinces, provincial law, private law, wills, intestacy, canada, constitutional law

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Of Grizzlies and Landslides: The Use of Archaeological and Anthropological Evidence in Canadian Aboriginal Rights Cases

Public Archaeology, Vol. 4, pp. 109-119, 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Dec 2010
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Legal Epistemology, Aboriginal Rights, Canada, Evidence, Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Oral Traditions, Expert Evidence, Bias of Experts

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'Il Faut Savoir Se Méfier Des Oracles': Regards Sur Le Droit Et Les Autochtones ('Beware of Oracles!': Reflections on Law and Indigenous Peoples)

Recherches Amerindiennes au Quebec, 'Réflexion sur le droit et les Autochtones', Vol. 41, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, Aboriginal law, Aboriginal rights, indigenous peoples, legal theory, power, cultural essentialism, constitutional law, culture

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Forging a True Federal Spirit: The Repudiation of the Myth of Québec’s 'Radical Difference'

RECONQUERING CANADA: QUEBEC FEDERALISTS SPEAK UP FOR CHANGE, pp. 29-74, André Pratte, ed., Douglas & MacIntyre, 2008
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jan 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, Canada, Quebec, methodological nationalism, Supreme court of Canada, judicial review, Tocqueville, federal spirit, federal theory, United States

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Invisibility, Wilful Blindness and Impending Doom: The Future (If Any) of Canadian Federalism

Forthcoming, P.J. Loewen, C. Hughes Tuohy, A. Potter, & S. Borwein (eds), Canada and Its Centennial and Sesquicentennial: Transformative Policy Then and Now, University of Toronto Press
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Aug 2018
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, constitutional law, canada, indigenous law, indigenous sprituality, judicial review, environment

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The Securities Reference: The Ghost of Political Representation Comes Knocking at Federalism's Door

42nd Annual Workshop on Consumer and Commercial Law, October 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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securities, Supreme court of Canada, federalism, cooperative federalism, parliamentary federalism, jurisdictional federalism, responsible government, party discipline, democratic deficit, executive power, electoral systems, cabinet, senate, accountability, Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms

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Reforming the Division of Powers in Canada : An (Un)Achievable Endeavour?

REFORMING FEDERALISM - FOREIGN EXPERIENCES FOR A REFORM IN GERMANY, pp. 93-134, Gerhard Robbers, ed., Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien, 2005
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, Canada, division of powers, judicial review, Supreme Court of Canada, spending power, executive federalism, constitutional amendment, equalization

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Foreword: Unwritten Constitutional Principles: The Challenge of Reconciling Political and Legal Constitutionalisms

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2019, University of Montreal Faculty of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2021
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Unwritten Constitutional Principles, Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Legal Epistemology, Jurisprudence, Canada, Constitutional Evolution, Constitutionalism, Judicial Power, Legitimacy, Citizenship

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“Tis a Rock — a Crag — a Cape? A Cape? Say Rather a Peninsula!’ The SCC’s Revisitation of the National Concern Doctrine

Supreme Court Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, canadian constitution, public law, federalism, subsidiarity, federal citizenship, constitutional interpretation, division of powers, national concern doctrine, Constitution Act, 1867, Carbon pricing, climate change, environment

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Table des matières: Fédéralisme Et Gouvernance Autochtone (Table of Contents for: Federalism and Aboriginal Governance)

Presses de l'Université Laval
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 31 Mar 2014
Ghislain Otis, Martin Papillon, Jean Leclair, Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Michael Coyle, Jim Aldridge and Ezra Rosser
University of Ottawa - Civil Law Section, School of Political Studies University of Ottawa, Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law, University of Montreal - Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law, Independent and American University - Washington College of Law
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Governance, Federalism, Aboriginal Peoples

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Penser Le Canada Dans Un Monde Désenchanté : Réflexions Sur Le Fédéralisme, Le Nationalisme Et La Différence Autochtone (Envisaging Canada in a Disenchanted World: Reflections on Federalism, Nationalism and Distinctive Aboriginal Identity)

(2016) Constitutional Forum constitutionnel 1
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, indigenous law, identity, constitutional law, aboriginal rights, collective rights, culture, monism, Canada

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federalism, Canada, treaties, division of powers, judicial review, NAFTA, environment, indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, constitutional law, environmental protection

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Envisaging Canada in a Disenchanted World: Reflections on Federalism, Nationalism and Distinctive Indigenous Identity

(2016) 25 Constitutional Forum constitutionnel 16
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, collective rights, indigenous rights, aboriginal rights, monism, identity, nested identities, Canada, constitutinal law

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The Secession Reference: A Ruling in Search of a Nation

Revue Juridique Thémis, Vol. 34, pp. 885-890, 2000
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2012
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, Secession reference, legal positivism, Lon Fuller, history, constitutional law

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Resorting to Parliament's Power Over Criminal Law to Regulate the Protection of the Environment (Aperçu des Virtualités de la Compétence Fédérale en Matière de Droit Criminel Dans le Contexte de la Protection de l’Environnement)

Revue Générale de Droit, Vol. 27, pp. 137-171, 1996
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Feb 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, criminal law, environment, canada, regulation, prohibition, double aspect, conflict of law, federal paramountcy, cooperation

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Michael Oakeshott Ou La Recherche D’Une Politique Dépourvue D'Abstractions (Michael Oakeshott's Quest for a Political Theory Devoid of Abstractions)

(2014) Jus Politicum no. 12
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Michael Oakeshott, conservatism, epistemology, ideology, rationality, political activity, political education, political morality, political associations, rule of law

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A Commentary on Stephen Tierney's 'The Federal Contract'

University of Montreal Faculty of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Federalism, Constitutional Theory, Monism, Territories, Stephen Tierney, Constitutional Law

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Le recours aux clauses de dérogation aux droits et libertés dans un contexte fédéral: l'exemple canadien (The Use of Notwithstanding Clauses in a Federal Context: the Canadian Example)

University of Montreal Faculty of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, "notwithstanding clause", "notwithstanding mechanism", override, constitutional law, public law, constituent power, Quebec, nationalism, federalism

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Daddy, Is the Sky Higher than the Ceiling? Roderick Alexander Macdonald's Federal Epistemology and Ontology

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 31 Aug 2014
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Roderick A. Macdonald, epistemology, legal theory, federalism, pluralism, constitutional law

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A Review of Law Reviews: Comments of a Contented Victim

Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 31, pp. 385-401, 2005
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Mar 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Law Reviews, Canada, USA, Quebec, Civil Law, Common Law, History, Legal Periodicals, Roman Law, Civil Code

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Ceintures Fléchées and Wampum Belts: Quebec and Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Federation

Canadian Parliamentary Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Aug 2018
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional law, canada, indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, federalism, epistemology, monism, methodological nationalism

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Tolstoï Et Les Juges Beetz Et Laskin : À La Recherche Du Citoyen Dans Le Discours Judiciaire Relatif AU Fédéralisme (Tolstoï and Justices Beetz and Laskin: In Search of the Citizen in the Judicial Discourse About Federalism)

A.-G. Gagnon et P. Noreau (dir), Constitutionnalisme, droits et diversité: Mélanges en l’honneur de José Woehrling, Les Éditions Thémis, Montréal, pp. 109-137
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Sep 2018
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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epistemology, methodological nationalism, judicial review, canada, federalism, parliamentarism, parliamentary democracy, constitutional law

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Impoverishment of the Law by the Law: A Critique of the Attorney General's Vision of the Rule of Law and the Federal Principle

Constitutional Forum, Vol. 10, pp. 1-8, 1998
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Sep 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, constitutional law, secession, Quebec, rule of law, federalism, reference, constitutionalism

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Federalism as Rejection of Nationalist Monisms

Dimitrios Karmis and François Rocher (eds), The Trust/Distrust Dynamic in Multinational Democracies: Canada in Comparative Perspective, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 210-247, September 2018; ISBN 9780773553439
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
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Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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The Rights Discourse: An Obstacle To The Recognition of The Rights Of Minorities (Le discours des droits: un frein à la défense des droits des minorités?)

Le discours des droits: un frein à la défense des droits des minorités?, In Jean Leclair, Michel Morin et Frédéric Bédard (dir.), La diversité culturelle et linguistique au Canada et au Maroc en droit interne et en droit international, Les Éditions Thémis, Montréal, pp. 73-81
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Human rights, minorities, democracy, judicial review

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La Constitution par l'histoire : portée et étendue de la compétence fédérale en matière delettres de change et de billets à ordre (The Constitution in historical perspective : scope and extent of federal jurisdiction over bills of exchange and promissory bills)

Leclair J. (1992). La Constitution par l’histoire: portée et étendue de la compétence fédérale exclusive en matière de lettres de change et de billets à ordre, Vol. 33, Les Cahiers de droit pp. 535-616
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
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Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, constitutional law, bills of exchange, promissory notes, division of powers, constitution act 1867, federalism, judicial review, legal history

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The Supreme Court, the Environment, and the Construction of National Identity

Leclair J. (1998). The Supreme Court, the Environment, and the Construction of National Identity, Vol. 4, Revue d’études constitutionnelles/Review of Constitutional Studies pp. 372-378
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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environment, Canada, division of powers, judicial review, Canada, identity, nation building

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L’interface entre le droit commun privé provincial et les compétences fédérales “attractives” (The interface between provincial ius commune and "attractive" federal jurisdictions)

Leclair J. (2007). L’interface entre le droit commun privé provincial et les compétences fédérales “attractives”, in Un cocktail de droit d’auteur/A Copyright Cocktail, Les Éditions Thémis, Montréal, pp. 25-54.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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federalism, ius commune, division of powers, canada, bijuralism, civil law, common law

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Le potier, l’argile et le peuple: réflexions critiques sur le rôle de la loi et du pouvoir dans le processus d’accession du Québec à l’indépendance (The potter, the clay and the people: critical reflections on the role of law and power in Quebec's independence process)

Leclair J. (2016). Le potier, l’argile et le peuple: le rôle de la loi et du pouvoir dans le processus d’accession du Québec à l’indépendance. In Eugénie Brouillet, Patrick Taillon et Olivier Binette (dir.), Un regard québécois sur le droit constitutionnel. Mélanges en l’honneur d’Henri Brun et de
Number of pages: 21
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Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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secession, federalism, carl schmitt, canada, quebec, decisionism, legitimacy, legality, nationalism, self-determination

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L'étendue du pouvoir constitutionnel des provinces et de l’État central en matière d'évaluation des incidences environnementales au Canada (The extent of provincial and federal authority over environmental impact assessment in Canada)

Leclair J. (1995). L’étendue du pouvoir constitutionnel des provinces et de l’État central en matière d’évaluation des incidences environnementales au Canada, Vol. 21, Queen’s Law Journal pp. 37-77
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, environment, environmental assessment, federalism, division of powers, interjurisdictional immunity

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L'indépendance judiciaire et la Cour suprême: Reconstruction historique douteuse et théorie constitutionnelle de complaisance (Judicial independence and the Supreme Court: dubious historical reconstruction and constitutional theory of convenience)

Leclair J. et Yves-Marie Morissette (1998). L’indépendance judiciaire et la Cour suprême : reconstruction historique douteuse et théorie constitutionnelle de complaisance, Vol. 36, Osgoode Hall Law Journal pp. 485-514
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, constitutional law, judicial independance, unwritten principles, preamble, constitution act 1867

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Les Droits Ancestraux En Droit Constitutionnel Canadien : Quand L’Identitaire Chasse Le Politique (Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Constitutional Law: When Identity Drives Out Politics)

• Leclair J. (2013). Les droits ancestraux en droit constitutionnel canadien : quand l’identitaire chasse le politique, in Alain Beaulieu, Stéphan Gervais & Martin Papillon (dir.), Les Autochtones et le Québec. Des premiers contacts au Plan Nord, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, pp
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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aboriginal rights, federalism, indigenous rights, constitutional law, canada, United States, distinct political communities, identity, fiduciary obligation, duty to consult

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La constitutionnalité des dispositions de la Loi sur les droits d’auteur relatives aux droits des distributeurs exclusifs de livres (The constitutionality of the provisions of the Copyright Act relating to the rights of exclusive book distributors)

Leclair J. (1998). La constitutionnalité des dispositions de la Loi sur les droits d’auteur relatives aux droits des distributeurs exclusifs de livres, Vol. 11, Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle pp. 141-155
Number of pages: 10
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Copyright, canada, constitution, federalism, division of powers, judicial review, constitutional law, federalism

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L’interaction entre le droit privé fédéral et le droit civil québécois en matière d’effets de commerce: perspective constitutionnelle (The interaction between federal private law and Quebec civil law in the area of negotiable instruments: a constitutional perspective)

Leclair J. (1995). L’interaction entre le droit privé fédéral et le droit civil québécois en matière d’effets de commerce: perspective constitutionnelle, Vol. 40, Revue de droit de McGill pp. 691-756
Number of pages: 66
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional law, division of powers, canada, federalism, negotiable instruments, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bijuralism, ius commune

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau : une pensée fédérale marquée au fer de l’antinationalisme (Pierre Elliott Trudeau: a federal thought dipped in anti-nationalism)

Leclair J. (2020). Pierre Elliott Trudeau : une pensée fédérale marquée au fer de l’antinationalisme, Vol. 99, Supreme Court Law Review, (2d) 37-76
Number of pages: 40
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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P. E. Trudeau, Canada, constitution, language, language rights, nationalism, federalism, federal theory, history, liberalism, federal espistemology

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L’impact de la nature d’une compétence législative sur l’étendue du pouvoir conféré dans le cadre de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 (The impact of the nature of a legislative power on the scope of the power conferred under the Constitution Act, 1867)

Leclair J. (1994). L’impact de la nature d’une compétence législative sur l’étendue du pouvoir conféré dans le cadre de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Vol. 24, Revue juridique Thémis pp. 661-719
Number of pages: 60
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, constitutional law, bills of exchange, promissory notes, division of powers, constitution act 1867, federalism, judicial review, maritime law, double aspect, ancillary power

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Les protocoles de consultation autochtones au Canada : un modèle de convergence des systèmes juridiques autochtones et étatique ? (Indigenous consultation protocols in Canada: A model of convergence between Indigenous and state legal systems?)

Leclair J. (avec Martin Papillon et Hubert Forget) (2020). Les protocoles de consultation autochtones au Canada : Un modèle de convergence des systèmes juridiques autochtones et étatique ? Vol. XLIX, no 2 Recherches amérindiennes au Québec 25-36
Number of pages: 12
Jean Leclair, Hubert Forget and Martin Papillon
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Montreal - Department of Political Science
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Indigenous peoples, aboriginal peoples, consultation protocols, duty to consult, legal pluralism, Canada, aboriginal rights, aboriginal title, UNDRIP, indigenous protocols,

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Les Silences De Polybe Et Le Renvoi Sur La Sécession Du Québec

PERSONNE ET RES PUBLICA, Vol. II, pp. 135-150, Jacques Boisneau, ed., Coll. Méditérannées, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2008, Reference re Secession of Quebec, Vol. 2, p. 217, 1998
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Jan 2011
Jean Leclair
Université de Montréal - Faculty of Law
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Canada, secession, constitutionalism, roman republic, roman law, Polybius, Constitutional law, judicial review, supreme court of canada