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The Honourable Charles D. Gonthier

Speaker Biographies

The Man, the Jurist: His Beliefs and Principles

L’homme derrière le juriste
Professor Jacques-Yvan Morin, Professor Emeritus, University of Montreal

L’avocat et le juge avant sa nomination à la Cour suprême
The Honourable Lawrence A. Poitras, Borden Ladner Gervais, Montreal

Témoignage d’une collègue à la Cour suprême
The Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, Quebec City

Justice Gonthier as a Colleague
The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, Torys, Toronto

Une justice fraternelle
Professor Fabien Gélinas, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Making Law Fraternally

...Where Angels Fear to Tread: Idealising an International Law of the Ordinary
Professor Duncan French, Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Solidarity, Sustainable Development and the European Constitution
Professor Markus Gehring, CISDL, Faculty of Law (Civil Law), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, & Faculty of Law, Cambridge University

Education toward Sustainable Development: Building Trusteeship Values in Sri Lanka
Mr. Neshan Gunasekera, Director, Weeramantry International Center for Peace Education and Research (WICPER), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Individuals and Global Governance
Mr. Sebastien Jodoin, CISDL & Faculty of Law, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Fraternity and the Evolution of the European Union
Ms. Arezou Farivar, McCarthy Tetrault, Toronto

Making Law Responsibly

L’honorable Charles Gonthier: Une analyse quantitative comparée de ses motifs
Professor Marie-Claire Belleau, Faculty of Law, Laval University, Quebec City, Professor Rebecca Johnson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Victoria

L’obligation de renseigner et de se renseigner en droit des assurances
Mr. Vincent Caron, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Montreal

When the Rules Don’t Apply: Consumer Social Responsibility
Ms. Sarah A. Mason-Case, IDLO, CISDL & Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Responsibility and Democracy

The Role of Logic and Common Sense in Adjudication
Mr. Ryan Rempel, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg

Le juge Charles D. Gonthier et la tradition classique du droit naturel: Correspondances
Professor Charles-Maxime Panaccio, Faculty of Law (Civil Law), University of Ottawa, Ottawa

A Humble Jurist: Justice Gonthier and the ‘Dialogue’
Professor Matthew P. Harrington, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Montreal

Fraternité et responsabilité citoyenne : La laïcité comme vecteur de cohésion sociale et d’égalité
Mme Julie Latour, Loto-Québec, Montréal

The Importance of Principles in Constitutional Interpretation - The Case of Freedom of Expression
Mr. Nelson Dordelly-Rosales, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Sustainability and the Law

Sustainable Development as Freedom: Addressing Equity and Sustainability in the Arab Revolution
Mr. Kishan Khoday, U.N. Deputy Representative in Saudi Arabia
Professor Usha Natarajan, American University, Cairo, Egypt

Climate Change in South Asia: Towards an Equitable Response within a Framework of Sustainable Development and Human Security
Professor Sumudu Atapattu, CISDL & Faculty of Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Health, Development and Fraternity: The Overlooked Value
Dr. Maya Prabhu, CISDL & Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Fraternité, responsabilité et développement durable: Différentes pistes pour la protection des migrants climatiques
Mr. Benoît Mayer, CISDL & Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Le développement durable et le Nord du Canada
Mr. Jean-Benoît Deschamps, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Responsibility and Legislation

A Unique Approach to Interpreting the Scope of Tribunal Powers
Justice David Stratas, Federal Court of Appeal, Ottawa

The Surprising Formalist: Justice Gonthier’s Contribution to Labour and Employment Law
Professor Finn Makela, Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

L’impact des nouvelles technologies sur les tribunaux : La dignité, l’éthique judiciaire et l‘apport du droit comparé
Professor Karen Eltis, Faculty of Law (Civil Law section), University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Fraternity and Alternative Conceptions of Law

Method and Matter in the Gonthier Legacy: Legal History and Judgment Writing 1989-2003
Professor DeLloyd Guth, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Entre le droit comparé et la concurrence juridique: Les pressions endogènes pour une analyse comparative
Professor Pierre Larouche, Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

Defying Definition: Aboriginal Land Claims in Canada
Professor Konstantia Koutouki, CISDL & Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Montreal

Museums and the Repatriation of Indigenous Human Rights Remains
Ms. Mara Verna, CISDL & Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Responsibility and Judicial Independence

L’indépendance judiciaire et l’autolimitation du pouvoir des juges
Justice Pierre Dalphond, Quebec Court of Appeal, Montreal

Preserving the Integrity of the Whole: Achieving a Proper Balance between Judicial Independence and Judicial Discipline
Justice Georgina Jackson, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, Regina

The Development of Principles of Judicial Ethics
Justice Thomas Cromwell, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

Responsibility and Corporations

Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility
Professor Richard Janda, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Transports de cargaison par mer, les règles de Rotterdam, leur adoption par les États-Unis, le Canada, l’Union Européenne et les pays transporteurs du monde?
Professor William Tetley, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Responsibility and Sustainability in New Chilean Environmental and Institutional Reform
Professor Valentina Durán Medina, CISDL & Clinic Department, Faculty of Law, University of Chile, Santiago

Substantiating the Principle of Sustainable Development with the Principle of Fraternity: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility
Ms. Jola Gjuzi, Ph.D. Student, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Obligation of Sustainability?
Ms. Jillian Friedman, CISDL & Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Montreal

Fraternity and Equality

La conception du droit à l’égalité de Charles D. Gonthier
Justice Nicole Duval-Hesler, Quebec Court of Appeal, Montreal

Réflexions critiques sur les implications de la «fraternité»
Ms. Nathalie Desrosiers, General Counsel Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Toronto

Justice Gonthier and Disability Rights: The Case of Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Martin
Professor Ravi Malhotra and Ms. Morgan Rowe, Faculty of Law (Common Law section), University of Ottawa, Ottawa

Face-covering, Fraternity and the Veil Debate
Mr. Azim Hussain, Ogilvy Renault, Montreal

Fraternity on Purpose: Why Law Should Speak the Unspoken Value
Ms. Sandrina Antohi, CISDL & Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal

Keynote address:
Nelson Mandela litigates in the South African Constitutional Court

Justice Albie Sachs, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

Responsibility and Private Law

Le principe de bonne foi en droit civil québécois
Justice Louis LeBel, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

La confiance: De la réalité à la juridicité
Professor Raymonde Crête and Professor Mario Naccarato, Faculty of Law, Laval University, Quebec City

Pour une pensée juridique nomade à la Cour suprême du Canada
Justice Nicholas Kasirer, Quebec Court of Appeal, Montreal

Fraternity in Constitutional and International Law

Charles Gonthier and the Unwritten Principles of the Canadian Constitution
Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa

De la valeur de fraternité en droit français
Justice Guy Canivet, Constitutional Council, Paris

Fraternity, Responsibility, Sustainability and Law
Dr. Kamal Hossain, Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates, Dhaka, Bangladesh

A Legacy of Responsibility, Fraternity and Sustainability

Building a Common Future for Generations to Come
HE Judge CG Weeramantry, Weeramantry International Center for Peace Education and Research & former Vice-President, International Court of Justice, Colombo, Sri Lanka