Research
Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.
Latest funding
- $200,782
The transsystemic destiny of unjust enrichment
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
- $10,297
Atelier sur le thème de L'affectation en droit privé
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
- $22,003
The Worlds of the Trust/La fiducie dans tous ses états
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
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The transsystemic destiny of unjust enrichment
Principal investigators: Smith, Lionel D.
Keywords: law; comparative law; transsystemic law; legal methodology; unjust enrichment; legal education
Atelier sur le thème de L'affectation en droit privé
Principal investigators: Smith, Lionel D.
Keywords: droit privé; théorie du droit; droit civil; common law; doctrine fondamentale; terminologie; droit comparé; propriété; patrimoine; personne juridique
The Worlds of the Trust/La fiducie dans tous ses états
Principal investigators: Smith, Lionel D.
Keywords: trust law; comparative law; civil law; common law; legal history; legal theory; jurilinguistics
Enrichment, loyalty, and gift
Principal investigators: Smith, Lionel D.
Keywords: law; trust; loyalty; fiduciary obligations; commercial law; unjust enrichment; restitution; comparative law; negotiorum gestio; mandate; gift
Pour un regard trans-systémique sur le droit privé : faut-il repenser l'enseignement du droit
Principal investigators: Jutras, Daniel
Keywords: education; droit comparé; pluralisme juridique; legal theory; teaching materials; lesson
The idea of trust and the law of trusts
Principal investigators: Smith, Lionel
Keywords: trusts; fiduciary obligations; comparative law; corporate law; asset management; financial markets; comparative law; globalization
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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