Professor Shauna Van Praagh

Books (authored and edited):

Shauna Van Praagh, Building Justice: Frank Iacobucci and the Life Cycles of Law (2022) (Toronto: UTP)

Pierre Noreau, Dominique Goubau, Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques, Shauna Van Praagh, Valentine Fau, Caroline Robitaille (dir.), La jeunesse au carrefour de la famille, de la communauté, du droit et de la société – Youth at the Crossroads of Family, Community, Law and Society (2021) (Montréal: Les Éditions Thémis)

Helge Dedek and Shauna Van Praagh, eds., Stateless Law: Evolving Boundaries of a Discipline (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2015)

Shauna Van Praagh, Hijab et kirpan: une histoire de cape et d’épée (2006) Collection Verbatim (Sainte Foy, Québec: Presses de l’université Laval), 36 p. 

(* - peer reviewed; # - invited; ^ - selected for a conference and collection)

“Taking Play Seriously: Reflections on Resilience and Responsibility” in Pierre Noreau et al (dir.), La jeunesse au carrefour de la famille, de la communauté, du droit et de la société – Youth at the Crossroads of Family, Community, Law and Society (2021) (Montréal: Les Éditions Thémis) 205-224 # ^

« Religion et autorité parentale: le casse-tête de l’intérêt de l’enfant », in S. Ben Saad, D. Koussens, & B. Prud’homme, dir., La religion en droit de la famille. Le religieux comme variable de prise de décision dans un droit familial laïcisé (2020) (Montréal : Les Éditions Thémis) 27-41 # 

« L’accès à la justice des jeunes au Québec et au Canada – grandes observations et enjeux de base » (Sarah Bardaxoglou, Angela Campbell et Shauna Van Praagh) dans Pierre Noreau, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Catherine Piché, Jean-François Roberge et Catherine Rossi (dir.), 22 chantiers pour l’accès au droit et à la Justice, (2020) Montréal, Éditions Yvon Blais) 163-177 ^

« Droit et libertés: la construction sociale de la diversité » (Emmanuelle Bernheim, Pascale Dufour, Jean-Herman Guay, Pierre Noreau, Alexandra Pasca et Shauna Van Praagh) dans Pierre Noreau, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Catherine Piché, Jean-François Roberge et Catherine Rossi (dir.), 22 chantiers pour l’accès au droit et à la Justice, (2020) Montréal, Éditions Yvon Blais) 303-326 ^

« Quelques leçons des enfants hassidiques pour le droit », in P. Anctil et I. Robinson, eds., Les juifs hassidiques de Montréal (2019) (Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal) # ^

« Former les professeurs: apprendre à enseigner » in E. Bernheim et P. Noreau, eds., Devenir Professeur (2019) (Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal) *

^“Faith, Belonging and the Protection of “Our” Children”, reprinted with the permission of the Windsor Yrbk Access to Justice, in L. Derocher and S. Ben Saad, L'intérêt supérieur de l'enfant: perspectives juridiques et religieuses (2019) (Montreal: Éditions Yvon Blais)

« Le Parc-école de Montréal » in Vincent Gautrais, ed., École de Montréal (Montréal: Les Éditions Thémis, 2019) #^

“Serious Play: Creativity and the Transsystemic Classroom” in Y. Emerich, ed., Repenser les paradigms: Quel avenir pour l’approche transsystémique du droit? (Montreal: Éditions Yvon Blais 2018) # ^

“Dance Me to the End of Law (Rules, Laws and the Dance of Diversity)” in Canada and the Rule of Law: 150 Years after Confederation (Ottawa: International Commission of Jurists, 2017) #

“Welcome to the Neighbourhood: Religion, Law and Living Together” in D. Newman, ed., Religious Freedom and Communities (Markham: Lexis Nexis, 2016) *#, and in (2016) 75 Supreme Court L. Rev. (2d) 63

“ ‘Open Doors’ – ‘Portes ouvertes’: Classrooms as Sites of Interfaith Interface” in B. Berger and R. Moon, eds., Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016) ^

« L’ABC de l’évaluation en droit : leçons de l’école primaire pour l’éducation juridique » , in R. Sefton-Green (ed) Démoulages, Du carcan de l’enseignement vers une éducation juridique (coll. UMR droit comparé de Paris, Société de législation comparée, 2016 )^

“Law – Eight Days a Week”, in R. Janda, R. Jukier and D. Jutras, eds., The Unbounded Level of the Mind: Rod Macdonald’s Legal Imagination (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s Press, 2015) ^

“Teaching Law: ‘Historian and Prophet All in One’”, in H. Dedek and S. Van Praagh, eds., Stateless Law: Evolving Boundaries of a Discipline (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2015) ^

“Inside Out/Outside In: Co-existence and Cross-Pollination of Religion and State”, in René Provost, ed., Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging: Religion and Multiculturalism from Israel to Canada (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) *

“Sidewalk Stories: Sites of Encounter and Co-Existence” in S. Azmi, L. Foster & L. Jacobs, eds., Balancing Competing Rights in a Diverse Society (Toronto: Irwin Law Books, 2012) ^

« Magie, contes et sortilèges: Le droit à l’écoute de l’enfant » in B. Moore, C. Bideau-Cayre et V. Lemay (dir.), La représentation de l’enfant devant les tribunaux (Montréal: Éditions Thémis, 2009) ^

« Troubles de voisinage: Droit, égalité et religion » in J-F Gaudreault-DesBiens (dir.), La religion, le droit et le “raisonnable” (Montréal: Éditions Thémis, 2009) #

“View from the Succah: Religion and Neighbourly Relations” in Richard Moon, ed., Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008) *

“‘Sois Sage’ – Responsibility for Childishness in the Law of Civil Wrongs”, in J. Neyers, E. Chamberlain and S. Pitel, eds., Emerging Issues in Tort Law (Oxford:  Hart Publishing, 2007) *

“Who Owns Our Children?  À qui appartiennent nos enfants?” in L. Lamarche & P. Bosset, eds., Des enfants et des droits (Sainte-Foy, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 1997) ^

“The Youngest Members – Harm to Children and the Role of Religious Communities” in M. A. Fineman & R. Mykitiuk, eds., The Public Nature of Private Violence: The Discovery of Domestic Abuse (NY: Routledge, 1994) ^

Edited Journal Collections:

Shauna Van Praagh & David Sandomierski (dir.), « Collage sur le droit et le savoir en temps de pandémie/ Law and Learning in the Time of Pandemic – A Collage » (2020) 25-4 Lex Electronica 1-223

Articles/Essays:

(* - peer reviewed; # - invited; ^ - selected for a conference and collection)

“Agency in everyday life: An ethnography of the moral experiences of children and youth” (Sophia Siedlikowski, Shauna Van Praagh, Meaghan Shevell, Franco Carnevale) (2021) Children & Society 1-16 *

“Child (in Civil Wrongs)”, Special Issue - McGill Companion to Law (2020) 66(1)McGill Law Journal 13 #

“Becoming a University Educator: Teaching Tomorrow’s Law Teachers” (2020) 69(3) Journal of Legal Education 749-771 (with Eliza Bateman) *

“The Speed Bump – Changes in the Neighbourhood, 2020”, in S. Van Praagh & D. Sandomierski (dir.), « Collage sur le droit et le savoir en temps de pandémie » (2020) 25-4 Lex Electronica 15-19 ^

« Au coeur de l’accès à la justice des jeunes en protection de la jeunesse.  Des acteurs discutent. » (Sarah Bardaxoglou, Angela Campbell, Valentine Fau, Shauna Van Praagh) (2020) 66(1) Revue Service Social 81 * 

“Childhood Ethics: An ontological advancement for childhood studies” (Franco Carnevale, Delphine Collin-Vézina, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Jean-Frédéric Ménard, Victoria Talwar, Shauna Van Praagh) (2020) Children and Society (1-15) * 

“Learning from J.J.: An Interdisciplinary Conversation about Child Welfare, Healthcare and Law” (lead author; with J-F Menard, M. Montreuil, C. Noronha,V. Talwar, F. Carnevale) (2018) 12(1) McGill Journal of Law and Health 123-156 *

Women and (their) Children: Wrongs, Rights and Relationships” (2017) 21 (6) Int’l J Human Rights 672-688 *# (with Angela Campbell)

“Dancing the Horah?  ‘Charting’ Directions for State, Religion and Quebec Values” (2013) 10(2) Canadian Diversity (Association of Canadian Studies) (Special Issue on the Quebec “Charter of Values”) 22 # 

“Seduction of a Law Professor” – Review Essay on Allan Hutchinson, Laughing at the Gods: Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law, (2013) 59 (1) McGill Law Journal 211 #

“Real Life and the Classroom” (2013) VI Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT) 83 *

“From Secondary School to the Supreme Court of Canada, and Back: Dancing the Tango of ‘Ethics and Religious Culture’” (2012) Fides et Libertas 102 (Journal of the International Religious Liberty Association; Volume Title: “Secularism and Religious Freedom: Conflict or Partnership?”) #

“You Say ‘Multi’, I Say ‘Inter’, but Don’t Call the Whole Thing Off”, (2012) Canadian Diversity (Association of Canadian Studies) 21 (Special Issue on “Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Convergence or Divergence”) #

“Palsgraf as ‘Transsystemic’ Tort Law” (2011) VI:2 J. Comp. Law 243 *

“Academic Concerns’ – Caring about Conversation in Canadian Common Law” (2011) 34(2) Dalhousie L.J. 405 * (with Karen Crawley)

‘Sharing the Sidewalk’ (2010) Canadian Diversity 6 (Association of Canadian Studies) (Issue on Balancing Competing Human Rights - Ontario Human Rights Commission) #

‘Vista desde la Succah : Religion y Relaciones de Vecindad’ (Diciembre 2010) 11 (2) Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica (translated from the English version); selected by the Review for a special issue on Law and Society) #

“Civil Law and Religion in the Supreme Court of Canada:  What should we get out of Bruker v. Marcovitz?” (2008) 43 Supreme Court L. Rev. (2d) 381-411 (with Rosalie Jukier)

“Preface.  Navigating the Transsystemic: A Course Syllabus” (2005) 50 McGill L.J. 701-706 #

“Adolescence, Autonomy and Harry Potter: The Child as Decision-Maker” (2005) 1(4) Int’l Journal of Law in Context 335-373 *

“Who Lost What? Relationship and Relational Loss” (2002) 17 S.C.L.R. (2d) 269-287 and in S. Beaulac, S.G.A. Pitel, J.L. Schulz, The Joy of Torts (Markham, Ontario: Butterworths, 2003) 269-287 ^

“Family Matters: Mothers as Secondary Defendants in Child Sexual Abuse Actions”, (with D.Reaume) (2002) 17 S.C.L.R. (2d) 179-219 and in S. Beaulac, S.G.A. Pitel, J.L. Schulz, The Joy of Torts (Markham, Ontario: Butterworths, 2003) (with Denise Reaume) 179-219 ^

“Identity’s Importance: Reflections of - and on – Diversity” (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Rev. 605-619. ^

Book Review of G. Douglas & L. Sebba, eds., Children’s Rights and Traditional Values (2001) Vol. 8 (4) Int’l J. Children’s Rights 385-389 #

“The Education of Religious Children: Families, Communities and Constitutions” (1999) 47(3) Buffalo Law Review 1343-1396 *

“Faith, Belonging and the Protection of ‘Our’ Children”(1999) XVII Windsor Yrbk Access to Justice 154-203 * 

“Changing the Lens: Locating Religious Communities Within U.S. and Canadian Families and Constitutions” (1998) 15 Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law 125-141

“Religion, Custody and a Child’s Identities” (1997) 35 Osgoode Hall L.J. 309-378 *

“The Chutzpah of Chasidism” (1996) 11(2) Canadian Journal of Law & Society 193-215 *

“The Dream is the Truth”: Review Essay on Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power and Words That Wound, (1995) 4(2) Social and Legal Studies 277-283

“La diversité des enfants: un défi pour l’État pluraliste” (1994) 4(1) Revue Lekton 155-172 *

“Bringing the Charter Home”: Book Review of John Syrtash, Religion and Culture in Canadian Family Law (1993) 38 McGill Law Journal 235-252 

“Testing for Fatherhood: A Comment on Re F (A Minor: Paternity Test), [1993] 1 Fam. L. Reports 598 (Engl. C.A.) (1993-94) 4 King’s College Law Journal 91-93 

“Stories in Law School: An Essay on Language, Participation and the Power of Legal Education” (1992) 2 Columbia J. of Gender and Law 111-144 

Book Review of Lorraine Code, S. Mullett and C. Overall, eds., Feminist Perspectives: Philosophical Essays on Method and Morals (1989) 47 U.Toronto Fac.L.Rev. 1016-19 (with B. Austin)

“Making the World Safe for Poetry”, (2021) 9 Contours, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Blog (Creator/Director): “Asking the Child Question: Reflections on Children, Youth and Access to Justice in the Time of a Pandemic and Beyond” thechildquestion.wordpress.com (Launched June 2020) (with Atagün Kejanlioglu, Managing Editor).

“Governing a Pandemic with Children in Mind”, Blog post in Asking the Child Question Blog (June 2020) https://thechildquestion.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/governing-a-pandemic-with-children-in-mind/

“Encore: The what, why and where to of Quebec’s Bill 21” (April 2019) The Lawyer’s Daily https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/11515/encore-the-what-why-and-where-to-of-quebec-s-bill-2

“Not a Luxury”, (2019) 7 Contours – Voices of Women in Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University

“What Young People Can Learn from the Kavanaugh Hearings” (October 9, 2018) The Conversation http://theconversation.com/what-young-people-can-learn-from-the-kavanaugh-hearings-104540

Co-author, Droits de la personne et diversité – Rapport de recherche remis à la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Quebec Human Rights Commission, 2016) (Pierre Noreau, Principal Author)

“Women in Black and White”, (2016) 4 Contours – Voices of Women in Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University

« Le Parc-école de Montréal » (2015) (Regroupement Droit, Changement et Gouvernance) 

“Sketches of a Law Teacher”, (2015) 3 Contours – Voices of Women in Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University

“Reunion 2014 Was Worth It” (Reflections on a 25th Law Class Reunion, October 2014) http://uoft.me/1989worthit

“Open Doors: Roderick Macdonald at the 2014 CALT Conference” (June, 2014) http://www.acpd-calt.org/?p=2286

“Good in the World”, (2014) 2 Contours – Voices of Women in Law 69-73, Faculty of Law, McGill University

“Sabbatical Notes: Fragments on Life and Law”, (2013) 1 Contours – Voices of Women in Law 54-61, Faculty of Law, McGill University

“Child – in Civil Wrongs” in A. Popovici and L. Smith, eds., McGill Companion to Law, online at https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/article/child-in-civil-wrongs/

“Commentary: Courts wrestle with intersection of law and religion” The Lawyer’s Weekly, Vol. 27, No. 38, February 15, 2008, p. 8

“Rethinking What and How We Teach - Curriculum Reform at McGill’s Faculty of Law” (January 2006) Canadian Association of Law Teachers Bulletin 13-14

Law Commission of Canada, Compensation for Relational Harm (Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada, July 2001) by Shauna Van Praagh. Available in hard copy from the Law Commission of Canada and online: https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/10425.

“Custody and Religion in a Diverse Society” in “Children and the Law” (Conference Proceedings, Canadian Institute, May 16, 1994)

Collaboration on the translation from French to English of Benedetto Conforti, International Law and the Role of Domestic Legal Systems (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1993)

“Law and the Disabled - An Introduction to our Legal System”, in Rights of the Disabled (Ottawa: Resource, Education and Advocacy Centre for the Handicapped, 1987)

The Montreal Gazette:

• Oped, “Time to start taking danger tape off campuses”, July 2, 2020

The Globe and Mail:

• Oped, “Rio Glory, Turkish Horror: What children fight for”, August 25, 2016 
• Oped, “Why not take the Supreme Court’s religious-studies ruling into the classroom?”, March 20, 2015
• Oped, “Trinity Western will discover the subversive potential of law students”, April 24, 2014

 “Folio: Quebec’s Charter of Values”, September 14, 2013 
(One of nine law professors invited to comment on the validity of Quebec’s proposed “Charter of Values”)

• Oped, “Distinguishing Our Province as Closed-Minded”, August 22, 2013
• Oped, “Harry Potter and the real story of A.C.”, July 15, 2009

The Ottawa Citizen:

• Oped, “Trust and collaboration needed to help J.J.”, November 21, 2014
• Oped, “Niqab Bill is a statement of shared values”, April 3, 2010

Course collections (Faculty of Law, McGill): 

• Advanced Common Law Obligations;
• Extracontractual Obligations/Torts;
• Foundations of Canadian Law;
• Children and Law;
• Social Diversity and Law
• Legal Education

Course collections (Intensive courses):

• Law(s) and Identities (Hebrew U – McGill Summer School 2011)
• Children and Armed Conflicts: Roles, Rights and Responsibilities (Hebrew U – McGill Summer School - 2012)
• Socio-Economic Justice: Children at Play (Hebrew U – McGill Summer School - 2013)
• Follow the Children: Law(s) and Identities (University of Barcelona; Hebrew University Jerusalem 2018)