Alexandra Popovici

Alexandra Popovici is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Sherbrooke, where she serves as Director of the Common Law and Transnational Law programs. Her academic foundation includes a B.A. from Université de Montréal, B.C.L./LL.B. from McGill University, LL.M. and LL.D. from Université Laval.

Her research explores core institutions of private law through critical and comparative lenses, examining legal architecture in civil law and common law traditions. Key focuses include:

• Genealogy of legal concepts and juridical languages
• Social function and conceptual transformations of private law
• Notion of powers and altruism in private law
• Critique of legal commonplaces
• Property law, trusts, and non-personified entities

Publication trends show consistent focus on comparative private law, with recent works examining legal metaphors, non-personified patrimonies, and equity/trusts. Earlier scholarship established foundations in Quebec civil law, trust systems, and conceptual jurisprudence.

She leads multiple collaborative research initiatives as:

• Scientific committee member for Private Law Dictionaries (Paul-André Crépeau Centre)
• Researcher in the Private Law Reflection Group
• Co-director of Research Group on Legal Humanities

Major funded projects include:

• 'Transformations of Private Law since Quebec Civil Code' ($173,995)
• 'Quebec Law Culture: Mélanges Sylvio Normand' ($22,960)
• 'Legal Humanities and Worlds of Law' ($97,488)
• Mitacs-funded 'Life Advisory Platform' ($240,000)

She teaches Property Law and Trusts, inviting student collaboration in her research domains.