Publications

Since 2001, Janet has authored the leading Canadian text on private international law, Canadian Conflict of Laws, which is among the most cited academic works in Canadian courts. Her publications span the range of subjects in international arbitration and litigation, and comparative procedure.

Books

Janet has authored and edited a number of works, and journal special issues on international, comparative and domestic procedure, including:

• Civil Litigation (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010; Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2026, 2nd edition) with Lorne Sossin, Erik S. Knutsen and Gerard J. Kennedy
• Halsbury’s Laws of Canada: Conflict of Laws (LexisNexis, 2006; 2nd issue 2016, 3rd issue 2024)
• Canadian Conflict of Laws (formerly Castel & Walker: Canadian Conflict of Laws) (LexisNexis, 5th edition, 2001; Markham: Butterworths, 2002; 6th edition, 2005+; 7th edition, 2023+)
• Class Actions in Canada: Cases, Notes and Materials (Emond, 2013; 2nd edition 2018; 3rd edition 2023) as General Editor
• Commercial Arbitration in Australia Under the Model Law 3rd edition (Sydney: Thomson Reuters, 2022) with Doug Jones
• The Civil Litigation Process: Cases and Materials, (Emond, 5th edition, 1999) as Co-Editor, (6th edition, 2005; 7th edition, 2010; 8th edition, 2015; 9th edition, 2022) as General Editor
• Private International Law in Common Law Canada (Emond, 3rd edition, 2010; 4th edition, 2016; 5th edition, 2022) as Co-Editor
• Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration (2020+) as Executive Editor
• Special Issue on Judicial Jurisdiction, Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2018), Guest Editor
• Special Issue on Teaching Procedure, Osgoode Hall Law Journal (2013) Guest Editor
• Common Law, Civil Law and the Future of Categories (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010) as Co-Editor, also published as (2010) 49 SCLR (2d)
• The Vis Book: A Participant’s Guide to the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Huntington, NY: Juris, 2007) General Editor
• E drejta ndërkombëtare private (Private International Law: A Course for Magistrates), Magistrates’ School, Tirana, Albania (World Bank, 2005) with Arta Mandro-Balili and Ardian Kalia
• Special Issue of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal in Honour of Jean-Gabriel Castel, (2000) Guest Editor
• A Practical Guide to Mooting (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1995) with S Williams

Book Chapters

• ‘Applicable Law’ in W Breyer (ed), International Construction Law: An Overview (Routledge, 2024)
• ‘Chapter 3: XXII VIS MOOT – 2014–15 – COLTAN MINERAL’ in Christopher Kee et al (eds), Danubia Files 2, Lessons from the Vis Moot (Jus Mundi, 2024) 143–176 with Jonathan Vita and Olga Zalomiy
• ‘Arbitration’ in The Laws of Australia (Westlaw, 2024) with D Jones
• ‘Le droit international privé’ in A Grenon (ed), Éléments de common law canadienne – comparaison avec le droit civil québécois (Thomson Reuters, 2nd ed, 2023)
• ‘The London Principles and their Impact on Law Reform’ in N Comair-Obeid and S Brekoulakis (eds), The Plurality and Synergies of Legal Traditions in International Arbitration: Looking Beyond the Common and Civil Law Divide (Wolters Kluwer, 2023)
• ‘National and International Classes’ in J Walker (ed), Class Actions in Canada, Cases and Materials (Emond, 3rd ed, 2023)
• ‘Australia’ and ‘New Zealand’ in Kevin Kim, John Bang and Sameer Thakur (eds), Post-award Interest in the Asia-Pacific (Kluwer, 2023) 1–8, 45–52
• ‘A Comparative Perspective on International Commercial Courts: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Judgments’ in G Dimitropoulos and S Brekoulakis (eds), International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication (Cambridge University Press, 2022) 115–157
• ‘Conflicts of Law and the Constitution’, ‘Jurisdiction’, and ‘Immovables’ in S Pitel (ed), Private International Law in Common Law Canada (Emond, 5th ed, 2022) 29–50, 193–278, 713–748
• ‘The Prague Rules: Fresh Prospects for Designing a Bespoke Process’ in Amy C Kläsener, Martin Magál and Joseph E Neuhaus (eds), Global Arbitration Review: The Guide to Evidence in International Arbitration (Law Business Research, 2021) 36–46
• ‘The Distant Shore: Discretion and the Extent of Judicial Jurisdiction’ in A Dickinson and E Peel (eds), A Conflict of Laws Companion: Essays in Honour of Professor Adrian Briggs QC (Oxford University Press, 2021) 53–75
• ‘Transparency and Efficiency in International Commercial Arbitration’ in N Kaplan and R Morgan (eds), Lawyer, Scholar, Teacher and Activist – Liber Amicorum for Derek Roebuck (Holo Books, 2021) 441–463 with D Jones
• ‘Where and When to Sue’ with Eric Knutsen, ‘Who can Sue, What will be Decided, and Who will be Bound’ with Gerard Kennedy, and ‘Commencing and Defending Proceedings’ in Janet Walker (ed), The Civil Litigation Process (Emond, 9th ed, 2021) 139–218, 219–298, 299–420
• ‘Facebook and Privacy Class Actions’ in I Cofone (ed), Class Actions in Privacy Law (Routledge, 2020) 56–80
• ‘Conflict of Laws’ in J Radbord (ed), LGBTQ2+ Law: Practice Issues and Analysis (Emond, 2019) 319–344
• ‘Class Actions Come of Age in Ontario’ in Catherine Piché (ed), The Class Action Effect – From the Legislator’s Imagination to Today’s Uses and Practices (Éditions Yvon Blais, 2018) 87–108
• ‘Procedural Order No. 1 Revisited From Swiss watch to arbitrators’ toolkit’ in P Shaughnessy and S Tung (eds), The Powers and Duties of an Arbitrator: Liber Amicorum Pierre Karrer (Kluwer, 2017) 393–402 with D Jones
• ‘Applying Foreign Law’, ‘Immovables’ and ‘Matrimonial Property’ in Private International Law in Common Law Canada (Emond, 4th ed, 2016) 547–590, 779–810, 1017–1044
• ‘Prohibited Means of Obtaining and Presenting Evidence’ in P Gottwald and B Hess (eds), Procedural Justice: XIVth World Congress, International Association of Procedural Law (Gieseking-Verlag, 2014) 639–694
• ‘XVIIIth Moot’ in L Barrington, N Casado Filho and C Finkelstein (eds), The Danubia Files (Outskirts Press, 2013) 237–254 with GB Hartwell and N Casado Filho
• ‘Cultural Dimensions of Group Litigation’ in Civil Procedure in Cross-Cultural Dialogue (CTATYT, 2012) 413–458
• ‘Class Actions: Settlement, Approval, Res Judicata, Claims Administration and Cy-pres Awards’ in Procesos Colectivos/Class Actions (U de Buenos Aires, 2012) 535–542
• ‘Canada’ in The Funding and Costs of Civil Litigation in Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing, 2011) 239–260 with Erik Knutsen
• ‘Applying Foreign Law’ and ‘Immovables’ in S Pitel (ed), Private International Law in Common Law Canada (Emond Montgomery, 3rd ed, 2010) 553–590, 785–818
• ‘El Litigio en Materia Civil y las Nuevas Technologías’ en Roberto Berizonce (ed), XXV Congreso Nacional de Derecho Procesal: Hacia el Bicentenario – Por una justicia transparente en el sistema republicano (Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010) 1110–1137
• ‘Le droit international privé’ in A Grenon (ed), Éléments de common law canadienne – comparaison avec le droit civil québécois (Thomson Carswell, 2008) 439–524
• ‘Preliminary or Summary Proceedings, Scope and Importance’ in M Storme and C Gomez-Lara (eds), XII Congreso Mundial de Derecho Procesal, Volumen I (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2006) 193–239 with Garry Watson
• ‘Twenty Questions (about Section 23 of the Ontario Limitations Act, 2002)’ in J Ziegel et al (eds), The New Ontario Limitations Regime: Exposition and Analysis (Ont Bar Assoc, 2005) 95–121
• ‘Beyond Real and Substantial Connection: The Muscutt Quintet’ in T Archibald and M Cochrane (eds), Annual Review of Civil Justice (Carswell, 2nd ed, 2003) 61–92
• ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Canada’ in Eisenberg (ed), Debtor-Creditor Law: A Treatise (1911+) (2002, 2003)
• ‘Canada’s Position on a Multilateral Judgments Convention’ in C Charmody (ed), Trilateral Perspectives on International Law (American Society of International Law, 3rd ed, 2003) 127–155
• ‘Rule 17—Service Outside Ontario’ in Watson and Perkins (eds), Holmested and Watson: Ontario Civil Procedure (Carswell, 2001) 17.1–17.110
• ‘International Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century: The Role of National Courts’ in Looking Ahead: International Law in the 21st Century (Canadian Council on International Law, 2000) 95–110
• ‘Biomedical Experimentation with Children: Balancing the needs for protective measures with the need to respect children’s developing ability to make significant life decisions for themselves’ and ‘Biomedical Experimentation Involving Elderly Subjects: The need to balance limited, benevolent protection with the recognition of a long history of autonomous decision-making’ in D Weisstub (ed), Research on Human Subjects: Ethics, Law and Social Policy (Pergamon, 1998) 380–404, 405–432 with D Weisstub and S Verdun-Jones
• ‘Class Actions in Ontario: Fresh Prospects for Securities Litigation?’ in Litigation Issues in the Distribution of Securities: An International Perspective (Kluwer, 1997) 455–488 with CF Scott

Journal Articles

• ‘Canadian Arbitration Report, 2024’ with the Hon Barry Leon, supported by FTI Consulting, 118 pages
• ‘Domestic Commercial Arbitration Reform in Canada: Lessons Learned from Down Under’ (2023) 3(2) Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration 116–137
• ‘Courts in Lockdown: Lessons from International Arbitration’ (2020) 10(2) International Journal of Procedural Law 178–202
• ‘Heller v Uber and Procedural Arbitrability’ (2020) 86(1) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 503–516
• ‘Lights, camera, action – a checklist for virtual hearing participants’ Global Arbitration Review (Web Article, 14 May 2020)
• ‘Book Review – Lawrence W Newman and Timothy G Nelson, Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration (2019)’ (2019) 1(2) Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration 189–196
• ‘Canada’s Place in the World of Arbitration’ (2019) 1(1) Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration 1
• ‘Specialised International Courts: Keeping Arbitration up to its Game’ (2019) 85(1) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 2–23
• ‘Book Review – UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts by Eckart Broedermann’ (2019) 36 International Construction Law Review 585–587
• ‘Book Review – Re-thinking Choice of Law in Cross-border Sales, by Gustavo Moser’ (2019) 85(3) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 317–319
• ‘Judicial Jurisdiction in Canada: The CJPTA—A Decade of Progress’ (2018) 55(1) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 9–62
• ‘Women in Disputes: A History of European Women in Mediation and Arbitration by Susanna Hoe and Derek Roebuck’ (2018) 34(2) Arbitration International 317–319
• ‘The London Principles and their Impact on Law Reform’ (2018) 84(2) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 174–182
• ‘Controversial Supreme Court Appointments – A Blockbuster in the Foreign Films Category?’ (2015) JOTWELL
• ‘Australian and Canadian Perspectives on Arbitration: A Joint Discussion’ (2014) 4 Quad. de Colloqui with D Jones
• ‘What if you woke up one day in a place where there was no Courts Law?: The Impact of Teaching Procedure on the Legal Academy’ (2014) JOTWELL
• ‘Introduction: The Impact of Teaching Procedure’ (2013) 51 OHLJ i–xi
• ‘Thoughtful Practitioners and an Engaged Legal Community, the Impact of the Teaching of Procedure on the Legal Profession and on Civil Justice Reform’ (2013) 51 OHLJ 155–198 with Andrew Higgins, Thomas D Rowe Jr, Lorne Sossin and David Bamford
• ‘Taking Public Adjudication Seriously: Recognizing the Importance of Timing in Party Rulemaking’ (2013) JOTWELL
• ‘Who’s Afraid of U.S.-Style Class Actions?’ (2012) Southwestern Journal of International Law 509–566
• ‘Summary Judgment has its Day in Court’ (2012) 37(2) Queen’s LJ 697–728
• ‘Same-sex Divorce Tourism Comes to Canada’ (2012) 128 LQR 344–346
• ‘Ethical Lawyering in the Clientless World of Class Actions in Canada’ (2012) JOTWELL
• ‘Current Jurisdictional and Recognitional Issues in the Conflict of Laws’ (2011) 50 Cdn Bus LJ 499–525 with Vaughan Black and Joost Blom
• ‘Conflict of Laws by Stephen G.A Pitel and Nicholas S. Raffert’ (2010) 49 Cdn Bus LJ 502
• ‘Are National Class Actions Constitutional? – A Reply to Hogg and McKee’ (2010) 48(1) Osgoode Hall LJ 95–143
• ‘Class Proceedings in Canada’ (Report, International Congress on Comparative Law, 2010) 30 pages
• ‘Muscutt Misplaced: The Future of Forum of Necessity Jurisdiction in Canada’ (2009) 48 Cdn Bus LJ 135–143
• ‘Teck Cominco and the Wisdom of Deferring to the Court First Seised, All Things Being Equal’ (2009) 47 Cdn Bus LJ 192–208
• ‘Consultation Paper: Reforming the Law of Crossborder Litigation: Judicial Jurisdiction’ (Toronto: Law Commission of Ontario, 2009) 63 pp
• ‘Recognizing Multijurisdiction Class Action Judgments within Canada: Key Questions – Suggested Answers’ (2008) 46 Cdn Bus 450–469
• ‘Getting the Best Seats (In International Arbitrations)’ (2008) 17(1) Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal 19
• ‘New Trends in Procedural Law: New Technologies and the Civil Litigation Process’ (2008) 31 Hastings Int'l and Comp LR 251–294 with Garry Watson
• ‘Forum Selection Clauses and Unfair Jurisdictions’ (2007) 1 Dispute Resolution International 187–198 with Stefan Rützel and Sylvia Wünsch
• ‘Castillo v. Castillo: Closing the Barn Door’ (2006) 43(3) Cdn Bus LJ 487–500
• ‘Agreeing to Disagree: Can We Just Have Words? CISG Article 11 and the Model Law Writing Requirement’ (2006) 25 Journal of Law and Commerce 153–166
• ‘The Role of Domestic Courts in the International Legal Order’ (2005) 11 ILSA J International and Comparative Law 365–370
• ‘A Comparative Survey of Conflict of Law Rules in Canada: Overview, Bibliography and Comparative Tables’ for Civil Justice Section, Bijuralism Group, Department of Justice, 2005
• ‘Coordinating Multijurisdiction Class Actions through Existing Certification Processes’ (2005) 42(1) Cdn Bus LJ 112–121
• ‘Crossborder Class Actions: A View from across the Border’ (2004) Mich State DCL LR 755–798
• ‘The Great Canadian Comity Experiment Continues’ (2004) 120 LQR 365–369
• ‘The Deconstitutionalization of Canadian Private International Law’ (2003) 21 SCLR (2d) 181–201 with Vaughan Black
• ‘Foreign Public Law and the Colour of Comity: What’s the Difference between Friends?’ (2003) 38 Cdn Bus LJ 36–56
• ‘Must there be Uniform Standards for Jurisdiction in a Federation?’ (2003) 119 LQR 567–572
• ‘The Canmar Fortune: The Supreme Court of Canada Puts Jurisdiction Agreements Back on Course’ (2003) 5 Canadian International Lawyer 144–148
• ‘The Utility of the ALI / UNIDROIT Project on Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure’ (2001–04) VI Uniform LR 803–818
• ‘Beals v Saldanha: Striking the Comity Balance Anew’ (2002) 5 Canadian Int’l Lawyer 28–33
• ‘The Better Part of Harmonizing Jurisdictional Law’ (2002) Am Society Int’l Law Proceedings 342–346
• ‘Restitution in Private International Law by G. Panagopoulos’ (2001) 16 Banking and Finance Law Review 489
• ‘Recent Developments in International Tort Law in the British Commonwealth of Nations—Comment’ (2001) Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 294
• ‘Provisional and Protective Measures in International Litigation: Mareva and Grupo Mexicano – The Canadian Perspective’ (Conference Paper American Society of International Law, Washington, 6 April 2000) 60–63
• ‘Are we there yet?: Towards a New Rule for Choice of Law in Tort’ (2000) 38 OHLJ 331–367
• ‘Parallel Proceedings—Converging Views: The Westec Appeal’ in Canadian Yearbook of Int’l Law (2000) 155–188
• ‘Interprovincial Sovereign Immunity Revisited’ (1997) 35 Osgoode Hall LJ 379–397
• ‘A Tale of Two Fora: Fresh Challenges in Defending Multijurisdictional Claims’ (1996) 33 Osgoode Hall LJ 549–582
• ‘Cuba: Will New United States Law Hurt Canadians?’ (1996) 3 North American Corporate Lawyer 134–138 with G Creighton
• ‘Should Businesses Fear Canadian Class Actions?’ (March 1996) Int’l Commercial Litigation 18–20 with B Leon
• ‘Applying Morguard to Foreign Judgments’ (September 1995) Int’l Commercial Litigation 37–39
• ‘A New Model for Interprovincial Conflict of Laws Settled by the Supreme Court’ (1995) 2 Commercial Litigation 91–94
• ‘Choice of Law in Tort: The Supreme Court of Canada Enters the Fray’ (1995) 111 LQR 397–400
• ‘Immunity for Extraterritorial Enforcement Measures in Canada: The Supreme Court Declines to Decide’ (1994) 1 Canadian International Lawyer 17–23, 67, 73
• ‘Military Justice: From Oxymoron to Aspiration’ (1994) 32(1) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1–32
• ‘Personal Injury: The New Exception to State Immunity in Canada’ (1994) 4 CBAO International Law Section 6–12
• ‘Shawanaga Bound: The Ontario Court of Appeal Decides Hopton v Pamajewon’ (1994) 53 Saskatchewan Law Review 161–171
• ‘A Farewell Salute to the Military Nexus Doctrine’ (1993) 2 National Journal of Constitutional Law 366–378