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J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly

Assistant professor

3644 Peel Street
Room 44
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9

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J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly


Publications on SSRN:鈥

CV and complete list of publications (June 2025)听


Biography

J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly is an Assistant Professor at 好色TV鈥檚 Faculty of Law. His research focuses on access to justice in civil matters, using primarily comparative methods. His current projects focus, among other topics, on people-centred justice and on the role of public participation in improving access to justice, particularly through lay courts. More broadly, his work extends to various aspects of private law, civil procedure, judicial institutions, and constitutional law.

His research has been published, in both English and French, in several law journals including the 好色TVl Law Journal, the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, the Cahiers de droit, the Dalhousie Law Journal, the Supreme Court Law Review, and the International Organizations Law Review. His article titled "" received the Best Scholarly Paper award in the 2024 annual legal writing competition of the Fondation du Barreau du Qu茅bec.

Professor Boulanger-Bonnelly currently teaches the law of contractual obligations and the law of judicial institutions and civil procedure. In 2023, he received the John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence, named in honour of the late professor and former dean John W. Durnford (BCL'52), and conferred by students.

In parallel to his teaching and research, Professor Boulanger-Bonnelly strives to contribute to access to justice through community initiatives. He is involved as a pro bono lawyer in several constitutional cases, as a member of the , and as chair of the . He also serves on the advisory board of the and on the data and research subcommittee of the . Prior to joining the Faculty, Professor Boulanger-Bonnelly completed his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, where his research was supported by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and a . He also worked as a civil litigator, a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, and an intern at UNIDROIT, an international organization working on harmonizing private law. In 2022, he was a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School.

Areas of Interest

Professor Boulanger-Bonnelly works in the following areas: Access to Justice, Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure, Private Law, Comparative Law, and Constitutional Law.

He welcomes the opportunity to supervise students at every level of their studies, particularly if their work relates to access to justice, judicial institutions, or civil procedure.

Selected Publications

Refereed Articles and Chapters

  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淐ontributions civilistes 脿 l鈥檌nterpr茅tation des lois constitutionnelles canadiennes鈥 (2025, forthcoming in the 好色TVl Law Journal).
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淧erson-Centred Dispute Resolution: The Potential of Lay Courts鈥 (2024) .
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淎ctions collectives et tribunaux administratifs : un vide juridictionnel 脿 combler鈥, [2023] (2022) .
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淟鈥橝cte de Qu茅bec : relique du pass茅 ou charte contemporaine?鈥 [2023] (2022) .
  • Louise Otis & J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淪helters of Justice in Displaced Persons Settlements: A Proposal for Rohingya Camps鈥 (2022) .
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淧ublic Access to Online Hearings鈥 (2022) . Read about this article in the , the and the .
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly & Louise Otis, 鈥淚n Search of Coherence: Burden and Standard of Proof in International Administrative Law鈥 (2021) .
  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, 鈥淚nspiring Analogies: From Access to Healthcare to Access to Justice鈥 in Vin铆cius Alves Barreto da Silva, ed., , Rio de Janeiro, F贸rum Justi莽a, 2021, 443.听.

Other Journal Articles and Chapters

  • 鈥淟别 Code civil du Qu茅bec et ses r猫glements : renvois 脿 double tranchant?鈥 in Michelle Cumyn & Mark Antaki, eds, Les figures du Code civil du Qu茅bec, Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law (forthcoming).
  • 鈥淟ay Participation in Civil Trials鈥 in Ulrike Schultz, H氓kan Hyd茅n & Peter Scharff Smith, eds, Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Law, Edward Elgar (forthcoming; with Valerie P. Hans).
  • 鈥淟a pertinence contemporaine de l鈥Acte de Qu茅bec鈥 in F茅lix Mathieu, Dave Gu茅nette & Am茅lie Binette, eds, L鈥橝cte de Qu茅bec 250 ans plus tard : souligner le pass茅, fonder l鈥檃venir (forthcoming).
  • 鈥淭he Hybridization of Lay Courts: From Colombia to England and Wales鈥 (2023) .

Edited Collection

  • J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly & Joshua Sealy-Harrington, eds.,鈥疷ne force tranquille鈥: The Judicial Legacy of Cl茅ment Gascon, Toronto, LexisNexis, 2022 (249 pages).

Report

  • 鈥溾, Ottawa, Uniform Law Conference of Canada, August 2024.

Academic Affiliations

  • Young Governor, Quebec Bar Foundation (since 2022)
  • Member, (since 2022)
  • Member, (since 2021)
  • Member, (since 2021)
  • Member, Law & Society Association (since 2020)
  • Member, Canadian Law & Society Association (since 2019)
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