If you squint a bit at the French word maladroit (translated into English as 鈥渃lumsy鈥�) it can look like you are saying (in French) 鈥渂ad at law.鈥� This seems like it would be a very bad thing indeed since we tend to think of the law as something that we want to only ever be good.
"The law is clumsy because it is, well, the law", suggests the title of this talk. It clearly suggests that we cannot expect the law not to be clumsy. The discourse of law is always awkward - not just sometimes - and lawyers (and litigants) must live with this awkwardness, understand it and work with it.
Funded by the Notarial Studies Fund, the Center is pleased to organize a workshop that will address the new reform concerning parental unions.
The Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre is pleased to welcome Professor Philip Girard for the presentation of his chapter 鈥淪truggling with modernity: Quebec law, 1914-1949."
The Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law warmly invite you to attend the book launch of鈥疺alentin鈥疛eutner鈥檚鈥痭ew book, The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2024).聽
Attendance is open to students and lunch will be served.聽
For more information, please contact louis.guilbault [at] mail.mcgill.ca.听听