Webber, Grégoire
Dr Grégoire Webber
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Non LSE positions held
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Position held
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Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University
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Associate Fellow
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Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal (CREUM)
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Researcher
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Supreme Court Advocacy Institute
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Executive Director
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Experience keywords:
Canada; parliamentary procedure; Quebec; human rights law; bills of rights; constitutional law
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Dr Webber's research interests lie in constitutional law and theory; human rights law and rights theory; and legal and political theory.
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Law
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
United States; United Kingdom; Canada
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Languages: French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2013) Rights and the rule of law in the balance. Law quarterly review, 2013 (129). pp. 399-419. ISSN 0023-933X Gee, Graham and Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2013) Rationalism in public Law. Modern law review, ISSN 0026-7961 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2012) L’activité politique et la constitution de Westminster. Jus politicum: revue de droit politique, 8 ISSN 2101-8790 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2012) The polycentricity of political financing. Public law, Apr pp. 310-327. ISSN 0033-3565 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2012) Some internal points of view in the study of law. Constitutional commentary, 28 pp. 101-121. ISSN 0742-7115 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2011) Originalism’s constitution. In: Huscroft, Grant and Miller, Bradley, (eds.) The challenge of originalism: theories of constitutional interpretation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781107013254 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2011) Book review: Machiavellian democracy by John P McCormick. Modern law review, 74 (5). pp. 811-813. ISSN 0026-7961 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2011) Legal reasoning and Bills of Rights. LSE law, society and economy working papers, 01-2011. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2011) Legal reasoning and Bills of Rights. In: Ekins, Richard, (ed.) Modern challenges to the rule of law . LexisNexis New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand. ISBN 9781877511752 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2010) Book review: constitutional review under the UK Human Rights Act by Aileen Kavanagh. Modern law review, 73 (5). pp. 887-893. ISSN 0026-7961 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2010) Proportionality, balancing, and the cult of constitutional rights scholarship. Canadian journal of law and jurisprudence, 23 (1). pp. 179-202. ISSN 0841-8209 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) The negotiable constitution: on the limitation of rights. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521111232 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) The unfulfilled potential of the court and legislature dialogue. Canadian journal of political science, 42 (2). pp. 443-465. ISSN 0008-4239 Tremblay, Luc B. and Webber, Grégoire C. N., (eds.) (2009) La limitation des droits de la Charte: essais critiques sur l’arrêt R. c. Oakes [The limitation of charter rights: critical essays on R v. Oakes]. Thémis, Montreal, Canada. ISBN 978289402636 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) What is an original constitution? LSE law, society and economy working papers, 19-2009. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) Expounding constitutional scholarship. Constitutional commentary, 25 (1). pp. 171-188. ISSN 0742-7115 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) La disposition limitative de la Charte canadienne: une invitation à définir les droits et libertés aux contours indéterminés. In: Tremblay, Luc B. and Webber, Grégoire C. N., (eds.) La limitation des droits de la Charte: essais critiques sur l’arrêt R. c. Oakes. Thémis, Montreal, Canada. ISBN 978289402636 Tremblay, Luc B. and Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2009) Introduction: la fin de Oakes? In: Tremblay, Luc B. and Webber, Grégoire C. N., (eds.) La limitation des droits de la Charte: essais critiques sur l'arrêt R. c. Oakes. Thémis, Montreal, Canada. ISBN 978289402636 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2008) Country report: Canada. In: Obstacles to justice and redress for victims of corporate human rights abuses. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, pp. 48-59. Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2008) The promise of Canada's official languages declaration. In: Magnet, Joseph Eliot, (ed.) Official languages of Canada: new essays . LexisNexis Canada. ISBN 9780433459477 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2008) The promise of Canada's official languages declaration. Supreme Court law review, 39 pp. 131-170. ISSN 0228-0108 Gee, Graham and Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2006) A confused court: equivocations on recognising same-sex relationships in South Africa. Modern law review, 69 (5). pp. 831-842. ISSN 0026-7961 Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2006) The promise of Canada's declaration of official languages. Revista de Llengua i Dret, 46 ISSN 0212-5056 Webber, Grégoire Charles N. (2005) Legal lawlessness and the rule of law: a critique of Section 25.1 of the Criminal Code. Queen's law journal, 31 (1). pp. 121-147. ISSN 0316-778X Gee, Graham and Webber, Grégoire C. N. (2005) Same-sex marriage in Canada: contributions from the courts, the executive, and parliament. King's law journal, 16 (1). pp. 132-143. ISSN 0961-5768 Webber, Grégoire C. N. and Chevrette, F. (2003) L'utilisation de la procédure de l’avis consultatif devant la Cour suprême du Canada : Essai de typologie. Canadian Bar Review, 82 (3). pp. 757-780. ISSN 0008-3003
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In this book, Grégoire Webber draws on limitation clauses common to most bills of rights to develop a new understanding of the relationship between rights and legislation.
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AwardsTrudeau Scholar 2004-2007
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Grégoire Webber is a Lecturer in Law at the LSE. He is a graduate of McGill University with bachelors of civil law and common law and of the University of Oxford with a doctorate in law. Dr Webber clerked for Justice André Rochon of the Quebec Court of Appeal and Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada. While at Oxford, he held a Trudeau Scholarship and tutored in comparative human rights and convened the Human Rights Discussion Group.
Prior to joining the LSE, Dr Webber was senior policy advisor with the Privy Council Office (the Canadian equivalent to the Cabinet Office), where he advised the Government of Canada on matters of constitutional policy with a focus on electoral and parliamentary reform. Dr Webber is co-founder and Executive Director of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute, which provides free advocacy advice to counsel appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a qualified barrister and solicitor with the Law Society of Upper Canada.
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