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Evan Fox-Decent

Professeur titulaire
Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit cosmopolite et justice

3674, rue Peel
Salle 201
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 1W9

514-398-6628 [Bureau]
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Biographie

Le professeur Evan Fox-Decent étudie et enseigne la théorie du droit, la théorie politique, le droit privé, le droit public et le droit international. Il a été nommé titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada (niveau 1) en droit cosmopolite et justice en octobre 2019.

En 2012, l'Association canadienne de science politique annonçait que le livre du professeur Fox-Decent, , était en lice pour le Prix C.B.-Macpherson. En 2016, il a publié un ouvrage avec Evan J. Criddle, (OUP, 2016), après quoi il a co-édité un ouvrage collectif intitulé (CUP, 2018)

Le professeur Fox-Decent est disposé à superviser des étudiants et étudiantes de cycles supérieurs qui s'intéressent à la théorie du droit, aux questions se trouvant à l'intersection de la théorie du droit et de la théorie politique ou de la philosophie, ou encore aux débuts de l'histoire du droit moderne. Il travaille actuellement sur un projet soutenu par le CRSH, The Cosmopolitan Justice of International Law.

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  • PhD en philosophie, 2004, University of Toronto (1995-1996, 1999-2004) — (“Sovereignty’s Promise: The State as Fiduciary”)
  • Juris Doctor (with honours), 2000, University of Toronto (1994-1996, 1999-2000)Ěý
  • MA (with distinction), University of Manitoba (1991-1993) — (“Anarchal Egalitarianism: Happiness, Equality and a Denial of Self-Ownership”)
  • Pre-Master of Arts, 1991, University of Manitoba (1990-1991)
  • BA (Dean’s Honour List), University of Manitoba (1985-1987, 1989-1990)

Parcours professionnel

  • Chaire de recherche du Canada (niveau 1) en droit cosmopolite et justice, octobre 2019 - septembre 2026
  • Chercheur invitĂ©, Center for Global Constitutionalism, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, hiver/printemps 2019
  • Professeur titulaire, FacultĂ© de droit, UniversitĂ© Â鶹AV, 2017-
  • Professeur agrĂ©gĂ©, FacultĂ© de droit, UniversitĂ© Â鶹AV, 2011-2017
  • Professeur adjoint, FacultĂ© de droit, UniversitĂ© Â鶹AV, 2005-2011
  • Boursier CRSH de recherches post-doctorales, FacultĂ© de droit, UniversitĂ© Â鶹AV, 2003-2005
  • Instructeur, DĂ©partement de philosophie, UniversitĂ© de Toronto, 2000-2002
  • Mission de vĂ©rification des Nations Unies pour les droits de l'homme au Guatemala (MINUGUA), observateur et officier de projet, 1996-1999
  • Instructeur, DĂ©partement de philosophie, UniversitĂ© du Manitoba, 1991-1995

Champs d'intérêt

Théorie et politique du droit, la primauté du droit, le droit administratif, le droit des fiducies, le droit et les Premières nations, les droits de la personne.

Publications choisies

Peer-reviewed journal articles

“Mandatory Multilateralism” 113 (2) American Journal of International Law (forthcoming, 2019) (with Evan J. Criddle).
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“Dunsmuir and Jurisdiction” (2018) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practise: Special Issue – A Decade of Dunsmuir: 71-74 (with Alexander Pless).
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"The Authority of Human Rights” (2017) 67 University of Toronto Law Journal: 596–622.Ěý
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“Sovereignty as Trusteeship and Indigenous Peoples” (2015) 16 Theoretical Inquiries in Law: 507-533 (with Ian Dahlman).
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“Human Rights, Emergencies and the Rule of Law” (2012) 34 Human Rights Quarterly: 39-87 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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“Contextual Constitutionalism after the UK Human Rights Act 1998” (2012) 61 University of Toronto Law Journal: 133-150.
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“Interest Balancing vs. Fiduciary Duty: Two Models for National Security Law” (2012) 13(5) German Law Journal: 542-559 (with Evan J. Criddle) (ESIL Special Issue: Ruptures in International Law).
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"Democratizing Common Law Constitutionalism" (2010) 55 Â鶹AV Law Journal: 511 - 536.
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"The Fiduciary Constitution of Human Rights" (2010) 15(4) Legal Theory 301 - 336 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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"A Fiduciary Theory of Jus Cogens" (2009) 34 Yale Journal of International Law 331 - 387 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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"Is the Rule of Law Really Indifferent to Human Rights?" (2008) 27(6) Law and Philosophy 533 - 581.
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"Rethinking the Relationship Between International and Domestic Law" (2008) 53(4) Â鶹AV Law Journal 573 - 648 (with Armand de Mestral).
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"Parliamentary Privilege and the Rule of Law" (2007) 20(2) Cdn. Journal of Admin. Law & Practice 117-140.
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"Fashioning Legal Authority from Power: The Crown-Native Fiduciary Relationship" (2006) 4 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 91 – 116.
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“The Fiduciary Nature of State Legal Authority” (2005) 31 Queen’s Law Journal 259 – 310.
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“Rethinking the Process/Substance Distinction: Baker v. Canada” (2001) 51 University of Toronto Law Journal 193-242 (with David Dyzenhaus).
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“Suresh and Canada’s Legal Obligations regarding Torture” (2001) 12 National Journal of Constitutional Law 425-447.
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“Why self-ownership is prescriptively impotent” (1998) 32 Journal of Value Inquiry 489-506.
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Books and monographs

, Evan J. Criddle,ĚýEvan Fox-Decent, Andrew S. Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul B. Miller eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) 13 chapters; 342 pages.

(Oxford University Press, 2016) (with Evan Criddle) 8 chapters; 392 pages.
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Sovereignty’s Promise: The State as Fiduciary (Oxford Constitutional Theory series, Oxford University Press, 2012) 10 chapters; 305 pages.
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Articles/chapters in books and monographs

“Trust and Authority” in Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics and Law, Matthew Harding & Paul Miller eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2019).

“Jurisprudential Reflections on Cosmopolitan Law” in The Double-Facing Constitution, Jacco Bomhoff, David Dyzenhaus, & Tom Poole eds (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2019).
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“The Constitution of Equity” in Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Equity, Dennis Klimchuk, Irit Samet & Henry Smith eds. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2019).

“New Frontiers in Public Fiduciary Law” in Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, Evan J Criddle, Paul B Miller, Robert Sitkoff eds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2019) 909-924.
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“Dagan & Dorfman’s Jus Gentium Privatum” (2018) 51 Cornell International Law Journal 112-118.
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“Fiduciary Government: Provenance, Promise, and Pitfalls” in Fiduciary Government, Evan Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul Miller eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) 5-20 (with Evan J. Criddle, et al).
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“Guardians of Legal Order: The Dual Commissions of Public Fiduciaries” in Fiduciary Government, Evan Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew Gold, Sung Hui Kim, Paul Miller eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2018)Ěý67-95Ěý(with Evan J. Criddle).
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“Challenges to Public Fiduciary Theory: An Assessment” in , Andrew Gold & Gordon Smith, eds. (Elgar Press, 2018) 379-400.
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“The Charter and Administrative Law Part I: Procedural Fairness” in Administrative Law in Context: 3rd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2017) 237-252 (with Alexander Pless).
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“The Charter and Administrative Law Part II: Substantive Review” in Administrative Law in Context: 3rd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2017)Ěý507-528Ěý(with Alexander Pless)
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“Keeping the Promise of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply to Leib and Galoob” (2016) 126 Yale Law Journal Forum: 192-215 (with Evan J. Criddle).
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“Constitutional Legitimacy Unbound” in Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law, David Dyzenhaus & Malcolm Thorburn eds. (Oxford University Press, 2016) (in press): 119-140.
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“Fiduciary Authority and the Service Conception” in Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law,ĚýAndrew Gold and Paul Miller eds. (Oxford: OUP, 2014): 363 – 387..
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“Unseating Unilateralism” in Private Law and the Rule of Law, Lisa Austin & Dennis Klimchuk eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014): 116 – 138.
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“The Charter and Administrative Law: Cross-Fertilisation or Inconstancy?” in Administrative Law in Context: 2nd Edition, L. Sossin & C. Flood eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2013) (with Alexander Pless).
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“Hobbes’s Relational Theory: Beneath Power and Consent” in Hobbes and the Law, David Dyzenhaus & Tom Poole eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012): 118-144.
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“From Fiduciary States to Joint Trusteeship of the Atmosphere: The Right to a Healthy Environment through a Fiduciary Prism” in Fiduciary States and the Atmospheric Trust, Ken Coghill, Tim Smith & Charles Sampford eds. (Ashgate Publishing, 2012): 253-268.
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"The Charter and Administrative Law: Cross-Fertilization in Public Law" in Administrative Law in Context, C. Flood & L. Sossin eds. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008) 169 - 195.
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“Implementation and Reception: The Congeniality of Canada’s Legal Order to International Law” in The Globalized Rule of Law: Relationships between International and Domestic Law, Oonagh Fitzgerald, et. al. eds. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2006) 31 – 83 (with Armand de Mestral).
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“The Internal Morality of Administration: The Form and Structure of Reasonableness” in The Unity of Public Law, David Dyzenhaus ed., (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004) 143-171.
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“Constitutional Protection of Indigenous Rights in Canada: Reconciling State Sovereignty with the Pre-existence of Distinctive Aboriginal Societies” in Administración de Justicia y Pueblos Indígenas en la Perspectiva del Derecho Intercultural, Adriana Lander Osío ed., (Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela Press, 2003) 73-103.

Reviews

“Review of Marc Ribeiro, Limiting Arbitrary Power: The Vagueness Doctrine in Canadian Constitutional Law” Queen’s Law Journal (2005) 30 Queen’s Law Journal 923 – 37.
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Other papers and publications

"Deriving Peremptory Norms from Sovereignty" (2009) Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. (with Evan J. Criddle).
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“Indigenous Peoples and Human Dignity” in Dignity: A Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups, F. Mégret & F. Hoffman eds. (Agenda for Human Rights: a Swiss Initiative, 2009): 36 – 48.
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“Parliamentary Privilege, the Charter and the Rule of Law after the Vaid Case”(2007) 20(3) Canadian Parliamentary Review: 27-35. (A revised and abridged version of “Parliamentary Privilege and the Rule of Law” (2007) (20)(2) CJALP.)
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“Programa Andino de Derechos Humanos y Democracia: Final Evaluation Report” (Utrecht, the Netherlands: Human European Consultancy, 2006) 176 pages (with Christiane Tuijtelaars and Hilde Hey).


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