This article offers a reflection on the growing role of litigation in the implementation and contestation of public policies. Drawing on multiple international cases, it highlights the conditions that encourage judicial strategies and the consequences of these processes for democratic institutions. The analysis contributes to the development of a comparative approach to the relationship between law and politics and opens new directions for studying contemporary forms of governance.
Research Fellow
Postdoctoral ResearcherFaculty of LawUniversité Laval
Sarah Lemieux studies the intersections between collective action, legal expertise, and public governance. Her research focuses on how social actors engage judicial spaces to advance political and social claims. Using qualitative and comparative approaches, she investigates trajectories of legal mobilization and their institutional consequences. Her recent work examines transnational dimensions of legal activism and explores how contemporary democratic societies are reshaping modes of political participation through legal and judicial channels.