René Provost is a Professor of Law at McGill University, where he was the founding Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. He holds degrees from the Université de Montréal, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Oxford. He teaches Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Legal Anthropology, and various courses in legal theory.

Ino Augsberg, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
Daphnee Barak-Erez, Israeli Supreme Court
Yishai Blank, Tel-Aviv University
Angela Campbell, McGill University
Silvio Ferrari, University of Milan and Catholic University of Leuven
Caylee Hong, McGill University
Michael Karayanni, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shai Lavi, Tel Aviv University
Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University
Menachem Mautner, Tel Aviv University
Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli, McGill University
René Provost, McGill University
Shauna Van Praagh, McGill University

"The current state of multiculturalism and its future is an enormously important and difficult topic. This fascinating collection provides new insights through its imaginative comparison of Canada, specifically Quebec, and Israel. Tacking back and forth between these two countries, the book opens up in provocative ways the links between religion, secularism, human rights, and the possibilities of a post-multicultural society." --Sally Engle Merry, Professor of Anthropology, Law, and Society, New York University

"This set of essays has much to recommend it. In general, the essays are clearly written and provide numerous insights into the tensions that come with mapping various boundaries (secular/religious; multireligious; liberal state/illiberal religious practice) in plural, liberal democracies."--Journal of Church and State