Gregoire Webber

Gregoire Webber is a Professor at Queen's University's Faculty of Law with a cross-appointment to the Department of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts and Science). He holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law and serves as a Legal Agent for the Department of Justice Canada. Webber's research focuses on human rights, public law, and constitutional theory, addressing questions about rights limitations, legal reasoning, and the political constitution. He earned degrees from McGill University (BCL, LLB) and a DPhil from the University of Oxford as a Trudeau Scholar.

Key professional roles include founding the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute (awarded Meritorious Service Medal, 2015), visiting fellowships at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and membership in the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars. His work spans books like Legislated Rights (Cambridge UP, 2018) and articles on constitutional dialogue, limitation clauses, and proportionality.

Research interests emphasize foundational questions in human rights law, balancing in rights adjudication, and the relationship between law and morality. His work often explores the interplay between legislative, judicial, and executive branches in constitutional democracies.