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Yaëll Emerich is a Full Professor at McGill University's Faculty of Law and holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transsystemic Property Law and Sustainable Communities. She specializes in comparative and transsystemic property law, focusing on its intersections with environmental, contractual, security, and public law. Her research explores property law’s role in addressing social challenges, particularly sustainability and communal resources. She has led the Paul-André Crépeau Center for Private and Comparative Law and is an elected member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
Education:
- PhD in Private Law (Université de Lyon and Université de Montréal, 2004)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University (2006)
- DEA in Legal Philosophy (Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II, 1996)
- DEA in Private Law (Université de Lyon, 1997)
Research Interests: Transsystemic property law, environmental law, legal theory, law and language, private law, and comparative law. She advocates for integrating civil and common law traditions to address modern property challenges. Recent work includes studies on urban commons, eco-housing, and property’s social function.
Key Publications:
- Conceptualising Property Law: Integrating Common Law and Civil Law Traditions (2018, Elgar)
- Droit commun des biens: perspective transsystémique (2017, Yvon Blais)
- Co-edited volumes on legal terminology, transsystemic paradigms, and environmental property rights.
Awards:
- 2022 Prix Germain-Brière (Senior Category)
- Walter Owen Prize (2017)
- Prix Minerve and Quebec Bar Association Prize
Emerich has held visiting professorships at Sciences Po Paris, Université de Lyon, and the Royal University of Phnom Penh. She advises graduate students in property and environmental law and contributes to legal terminology standardization initiatives.
