Nicholas Kasirer
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Nicholas Kasirer is a
puisne justice A puisne judge or puisne justice (; from french: puisné or ; , 'since, later' + , 'born', i.e. 'junior') is a dated term for an ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank of a particular court. Use The term is used almost exclusively in common law ...
of the
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. He was sworn into office on September 16, 2019. Kasirer was previously a justice with the
Quebec Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal of Quebec (sometimes referred to as Quebec Court of Appeal or QCA) (in French: ''la Cour d'appel du Québec'') is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada. It hears cases in Quebec City and Montreal. History The Court wa ...
between 2009 and 2019. He is a graduate of the
McGill University Faculty of Law The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada, and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world. The faculty is known for it ...
, where he served as an editor for the ''
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'', and where he later served as a professor from 1989 to 2009 and dean of the Faculty from 2003 to 2009. He has written more than a dozen books on legal matters and taught classes on the law of obligations, property law, family law, and wills and estates law in both civil and common law. On July 10, 2019, Kasirer was nominated to the
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by Prime Minister
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. On August 7, 2019, he was officially appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada effective as of September 16, 2019.


Books

* Kasirer, Nicholas (2003), ''Le droit civil, avant tout un style?'', Montréal, Les Éditions Themis, Canada.


Honorary degrees

On September 22, 2012, the
Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke ( French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It ...
granted an honorary doctoral degree to Kasirer.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasirer, Nicholas Judges in Quebec McGill University Faculty of Law faculty Living people McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada 21st-century Canadian judges Year of birth missing (living people)