The primary objective of the “Canadian Bijuralism: Studies in Comparative Law” project is to produce a two-volume work presenting Canadian common law and Quebec civil law from a comparative law perspective. These volumes will help to correct a significant gap in Canadian legal scholarship, namely the absence of monographs designed to describe and analyse the duality which characterizes Canadian private law. Under the editorial supervision of Profesors Aline Grenon and Louise Bélanger-Hardy of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, eleven scholars from six law faculties are involved in this project (see team members). In addition, the University of Ottawa Center for Legal Translation and Documentation and the Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law (McGill University) will revise the texts and if necessary, translate them. In order to complete this project, a grant has been provided by the Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund of the Department of Justice Canada.  Publication is scheduled for 2008 at the latest. This project is innovative in several respects.  To begin with, it is the first time that a comparative law project of such scope has been undertaken in Canada.  Secondly, the methodology used (see detailed project description under the heading “Methodological Context”) is not only new, but also adapted to Canadian requirements.  Finally, one volume will be written in French for jurists from Quebec and the other in English for jurists trained in the common law, in order to meet the needs of both communities. By providing Canadian jurists with a better understanding of Quebec civil law and Canadian common law, the project will hopefully foster a critical analysis of both. Once jurists have identified certain strengths and weaknesses, they may be more likely to correct deficiencies if and when the opportunity arises. Finally, by encouraging jurists to examine Quebec civil law and Canadian common law from a comparative law perspective, the project will hopefully pave the way for other comparative studies, enabling Canada to achieve its full potential in this area and providing greater visibility for Canadian comparative law scholarship.