Stéphane Sérafin

Expert Overview

Stéphane Sérafin is an assistant professor in the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. His research and teaching interests include legal theory, common law, and civil law obligations (especially contract law), property law, corporate law, comparative legal traditions, and fundamental rights.

He has published widely on doctrinal topics relating to contract law, tort law, and property law. He has also published academic articles on such issues as the nature of private law rights, competing theories of law and justice, legal and constitutional interpretation, and the relationship between fundamental rights and the development of common law doctrine.

His current work largely focuses on the role of courts and legislatures in determining rights both at common law and under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Sérafin holds a Bachelor of Social Science, Juris Doctor, and Licentiate in Law from the University of Ottawa and a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Québec.