D. Sloss, ed., The Role of Domestic Courts in Treaty Enforcement: A Comparative Study (2009)
This book examines the application of treaties by domestic courts in twelve countries. The central question is whether domestic courts actually provide remedies to private parties who are harmed by a violation of their treaty-based rights. My contribution is chapter four, Canada.
G. van Ert, Using International Law in Canadian Courts, 2nd ed. (2008)
The second edition of the first book-length account of how public international law is received into the law of Canada. Drawing on authorities ranging from eighteenth-century English case-law to contemporary Charter jurisprudence, this book aims to show litigants and judges how international law may—and may not—be used in Canadian courts.
O. Fitzgerald and others, eds., The Globalized Rule of Law: Relationships between International and Domestic Law (2006)
A collection of papers examining the relationships between international and domestic law and the treatment of international law by Canadian governments, parliamentarians, and the courts. My contributions are chapter three, "What Is Reception Law?" and chapter seven, "Labour Conventions and Comprehensive Claims Agreements: A New Model for Subfederal Participation in Canadian International Treaty-Making" (with Stefan Matiation).
M. Freeman and G. van Ert, eds., International Human Rights Law: Texts, Cases, and Materials (2005)
Designed as a companion volume to International Human Rights Law, this book is a comprehensive collection of international, regional, and national documents most relevant to the study and practise of international human rights law in Canada.
M. Freeman and G. van Ert, International Human Rights Law (2004)
A comprehensive textbook on international human rights law written for Canadians.International Human Rights Law seeks to foster greater understanding and use of international human rights law by lawyers, students and others. Co-written with Mark Freeman.
G. van Ert, Using International Law in Canadian Courts, 1st ed. (2002)
The first edition of my book, published by Kluwer Law International.