缅北强奸

This summer, the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law is presenting its second series of Summer Seminars in which the whole 缅北强奸 Law community is invited to take part. The main purpose of this series is to offer a forum to younger scholars to present their ideas and to engage with those of others in an informal setting.

The first Summer Seminar will be given by 脡tienne Cossette-Lefebvre, BCL/LLB'14. The presentation will be in French.

Abstract (in French only)

Dans le monde moderne, sous l鈥檌mpulsion des biotechnologies, le corps humain, de m锚me que ses 茅l茅ments ou produits, s鈥檌ns猫rent de plus en plus dans le commerce.聽 Les attributs personnels, tels le nom, l鈥檌mage, la voix ou la vie priv茅e, se voient couramment assigner une valeur p茅cuniaire, et font l鈥檕bjet de concessions moyennant contreparties en argent.聽 Pourtant, la tradition civiliste se refuse 脿 analyser les rapports du sujet 脿 sa personnalit茅 en termes de propri茅t茅, pr茅f茅rant recourir 脿 la cat茅gorie des 芦聽droits de la personnalit茅聽禄.聽

Les droits de la personnalit茅 sont traditionnellement exclus du patrimoine.聽 脌 ce titre, ils sont dits incessibles, intransmissibles, insaisissables, imprescriptibles et indisponibles.聽 Au contraire, la propri茅t茅 est pr茅sent茅e comme le plus important des droits patrimoniaux, avec le droit de cr茅ance, et sa pleine ali茅nabilit茅, cessibilit茅 et transmissibilit茅 en seraient un attribut capital.聽 Propri茅t茅 et droits de la personnalit茅 seraient donc antinomiques, et il serait h茅r茅tique de parler de 芦聽propri茅t茅 de la personnalit茅聽禄 en droit civil.聽 Or, cette antinomie n鈥檈st qu鈥檌maginaire.聽 脌 notre avis, et nous nous concentrerons surtout sur le droit qu茅b茅cois pour le d茅montrer, la personnalit茅 humaine est constitutive d鈥檜n v茅ritable bien, et les droits de la personnalit茅 sont de v茅ritables droits de propri茅t茅.

Speaker bio

脡tienne Cossette-Lefebvre received an honourable mention from the Coll猫ge Jean-de-Br茅beuf in May 2010 for having completed the multidisciplinary program in Sciences, lettres et arts with high distinction. In May 2014, he graduated with a B.C.L/LL.B. (with honours) from 缅北强奸. While at the faculty, he earned the J.W. McConnell Scholarship, the Wilson & LaFleur Prize, the Wainwright Essay Prize and the Selma and Jak Almaleh Prize. He was named to the Dean鈥檚 Honor List and is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. During the course of his studies in law, he clerked at the Quebec Court of Appeal and interned at 脡ducaloi. He also worked as a tutor and research assistant and represented the Law Student Association at one of the faculty committees for curriculum reform. He is currently registered for the Quebec Bar and will begin a clerkship under a Quebec Court of Appeal judge next year.

For more information, kindly write to mara.goodman [at] mail.mcgill.ca.