海角社区

Rosalie Jukier

Full Professor

New Chancellor Day Hall
3644 Peel Street
Room 35
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9

514-398-3041 [Office]
rosalie.jukier [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Rosalie Jukier

Academic papers on SSRN at


Biography

Since 1985, Rosalie Jukier has been a professor in 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law where she teaches in both the civil and common law legal traditions, primarily in the areas of Contractual Obligations and Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure.听

Professor Jukier鈥檚 research focuses on comparative Contract Law (particularly the remedy of Specific Performance and the intersection of religious rights and private contract law), the impact of legal traditions and mixed legal systems on Procedural Law and Judicial Methodology, as well as on Legal Pedagogy.

In 2004, 2016 and 2018, Professor Jukier was recognized with the John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award. In 2010, she was awarded听the听.听In 2022, she was the co-recipient of 海角社区鈥檚听.听In November 2023, she was awarded the听听and in 2024, she received the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Professor Jukier held the position of 海角社区鈥檚 Dean of Students from 1995-2001 and has served the Faculty of Law as Associate Dean, Admissions (1991-1995), Associate Dean Strategic Planning (2004-2005), Associate Dean Graduate Studies (2010-2013)听and Associate Dean Academic (2019-2022).听听

Professor Rosalie Jukier is a graduate of 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law where, in 1983, she obtained her BCL and LLB degrees, and graduatedwith both the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal and the Aim茅 Geoffrion National Programme Gold Medal.听 She went on to pursue graduate studies in law at Oxford University and became a member of the Quebec Bar in 1986.

Education

  • BCL (Oxon.) 1985
  • BCL, LLB (海角社区) 1983

Employment

  • Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 2019-2022
  • Full Professor, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 2016-
  • Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 2010-2013
  • Senior Advisor, National Judicial Institute, 2005-2007
  • Associate Dean, Strategic Planning, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 2003-2005
  • Dean of Students, 海角社区, 1995-2001
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 1993-2016
  • Associate Dean, Admissions and Placement, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 1991-1994
  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, 海角社区, 1985-1993
  • Member of the Quebec Bar since 1986

Areas of Interest

Comparative Private Law, Mixed Legal Systems, Contract Law and Remedies, Judicial Law, Judicial Methodology, Legal Pedagogy.

Books

Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier, Daniel Jutras, eds., (Montreal & Kingston:听 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2015).

Chapters in books and edited collection

鈥淭he Untapped Potential of Transsystemic Thinking鈥, in Ya毛l Emerich & Marie-Andr茅e Plante, eds., Repenser les paradigmes: Quel avenir pour l鈥檃pproche transsyst茅mique du droit?, (Cowansville: 脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2018) 1 鈥 30. [SSRN]

鈥淭he Impact of 鈥楽tateless Law鈥 on Legal Pedagogy鈥, Helge Dedek & Shauna Van Praagh, eds, Stateless Law:听 Evolving Boundaries of a Discipline, (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015) 201 - 211. Read [.pdf]

with Jos茅 Woehrling, 鈥淩eligion and the Secular State in Canada鈥, in Javier Martinez-Torron & W. Cole Durham, Jr., (General Reporters), Donlu D. Thayer, ed., Religion and the Secular State, (Madrid: servicio publicaciones facultad derecho Universidad Complutense Madrid, 2015) 155 鈥 191. Read [.pdf]

鈥淚f It鈥檚 not Impossible, It鈥檚 Not Worth Doing: Rod Macdonald鈥檚 Vision of Legal Education鈥, in Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier & Daniel Jutras, eds, The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonald鈥檚 Legal Imagination, (Montreal & Kingston:听 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2015) 198 鈥 205. Read [.pdf]

"Taking Specific Performance Seriously: Trumping Damages as the Presumptive Remedy for Breach of Contract" in Robert J. Sharpe & Kent Roach, eds., Taking Remedies Seriously/Les Recours et les Mesures de Redressement:听 Une Affaire S茅rieuse (Montreal: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 2010) 85 鈥 118. Read [.pdf]

with Jos茅 Woehrling, 鈥淩eligion and the Secular State in Canada" in Javier Martinez-Torron & W. Cole Durham, eds, Religion and the Secular State: National Reports (Provo, Utah: The International Center for Law and Religious Studies at Brigham Young University, 2010) 183 鈥 212. Read [.pdf]

Chapter on Contractual Obligations in J.E.C. Brierley and R.A. Macdonald eds, Quebec Civil Law, An Introduction to Quebec Private Law (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1992) 389 鈥 419.

Refereed Journal Articles

鈥淕ood Faith in Contract: A Judicial Dialogue between Common Law Canada and Qu茅bec鈥, (2019) 1:1. Journal of Commonwealth Law. .

鈥淐anada鈥檚 Legal Traditions: Sources of Unification, Diversification or Inspiration?鈥, (2018) 11:1 Journal of Civil Law Studies (Louisiana) 75 鈥 104.听 [SSRN]听

鈥淟a contribution du juge LeBel au droit judiciaire et 脿 la tradition civiliste鈥, (2016) 94 Revue du Barreau canadien 507 - 518. [SSRN]

鈥淨uebec Procedural Law as a Microcosm of Mixity: Implications for Legal Pedagogy, Judicial Decision-Making and Law Reform鈥, (2016) 62:3 Loyola Law Review 691 鈥 723.听 [SSRN]

鈥淭he Impact of Legal Traditions on Quebec Procedural Law: Lessons from Quebec鈥檚 New Code of Civil Procedure鈥, (2015) 93 Canadian Bar Review. Read [.pdf]

鈥淭he Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel: The Civilian Tradition and Procedural Law鈥, (2015) 70 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 27 - 46, as reprinted in Newman & Thorburn, The Dignity of Law: The Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2015). Read [.pdf]

with Mariela Tovar, Jennie Ferris and Kristen Cardoso, 鈥淥vercoming Pedagogical Solitude: The Transformative power of discipline-specific Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs)鈥, (2015) 34:1-2 To Improve the Academy 319 鈥 344. Read [.pdf].听

with Kate Glover, 鈥淔orgotten? The Role of Graduate Legal Education in the Future of the Law Faculty鈥, (2014) 51:4 Alberta Law Review 761 鈥 785. Read [.pdf].

鈥淭ranscending Boundaries in Legal Education:听 A Vehicle for Teaching Students to Think Critically鈥, (2013) 6 CELT (Collected Essays on Teaching and Learning) 23 鈥 27. Read [.pdf]

鈥淚nside the Judicial Mind: Exploring Judicial Methodology in the Mixed Legal System of Quebec鈥 (2011) 6:1 Journal of Comparative Law (UK) 54 鈥 69, republished in the European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance (2013) DOI 10.1163/22134514-45060013). Read [.pdf]

鈥淐ontract Law:听 What can Jersey Learn from the Quebec Experience?鈥 (2011) 14 Jersey and Guernsey Law Review 131 鈥 149. Read [.pdf]

with Shauna Van Praagh, 鈥淐ivil Law and Religion in the Supreme Court of Canada:听 What should we get out of Bruker v. Marcovitz?鈥, (2008) 43 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 381 鈥 411. Read [.pdf]

听鈥淭ransnationalizing the Legal Curriculum: How to Teach What We Live鈥, (2006) 56:2 Journal of Legal Education 172 鈥 189. Read [.pdf]

鈥淐hallenging the Existing Paradigm: How to Transnationalize the Legal Curriculum鈥 (2006) 24:4 Penn State International Law Review 775 鈥 786. Read [.pdf]

鈥淲here Law and Pedagogy Meet in the Transsystemic Contracts Classroom鈥 (2005) 50:4 海角社区 Law Journal 789 鈥 808. Read [.pdf]

with Roderick A Macdonald, 鈥淭he New Quebec Civil Code and Recent Federal Law Reform Proposals: Rehabilitating Commercial Law in Quebec?鈥 (1992) 20 Canadian Business Law Journal 380 鈥 405. Read [.pdf]

鈥淏anque Nationale du Canada v. Houle (S.C.C.):听 Implications of an Expanded Doctrine of Abuse of Rights in Civilian Contract Law鈥 (1992) 37 海角社区 Law Journal 221 鈥 241. Read [.pdf]

鈥淣on-Pecuniary Damages in Defamation Cases鈥 (1989) 49 Revue du Barreau 3 鈥 51. Read [.pdf]

鈥淔lexibility and Certainty as Competing Contract Values: A Civil Lawyer鈥檚 Reaction to the Ontario Law Reform Commission鈥檚 Recommendations on Amendments to the Law of Contract鈥 (1988) 14 Canadian Business Law Journal 13 鈥 39. Read [.pdf]

鈥淭he Emergence of Specific Performance as a Major Remedy in Quebec Law鈥, (1987) 47 Revue du Barreau 47 鈥 72. Read [.pdf]

Non-Refereed Publications and Other Papers or Reports

鈥淪erving all of Canada鈥檚 Judges:听 Bilingualism and Bijuralism at the National Judicial Institute鈥, in NJI 20th Anniversary Essays 鈥 A Collection. Read the article [.pdf]. Read the [.pdf]

with Jos茅 Woehrling, National Report for Canada on Religion and the Secular State, January 2010, prepared for the XVIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law.

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