Jean-Gabriel Castel

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Jean-Gabriel Castel OC OOnt KC FRSC (17 September 1928 – 30 December 2023) was a French and Canadian law professor and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University,Toronto.

Biography

Born in

military decorations for his service. After the war, he received two law degrees in Paris. He was one of the first foreign Fulbright scholars. He received a J.D. in 1953 from the University of Michigan and a D. Juris. in 1958 from Harvard University
.

From 1954 to 1959, he taught at the Faculty of Law of

Canadian Bar Review
.

Castel was the author of Canadian Conflict of Laws, the leading Canadian work on the conflict of laws.

In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of being "known around the world as an authority on the subject of private international law".[2] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Ontario.[3] He was an officer of the Légion d’Honneur[4] and officer de l’Ordre national du Mérite.[5]

Castel died in

Toronto, Ontario on 30 December 2023, at the age of 95.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Masthead, Volume 1, Issue 4". McGill Law Journal. 1955.
  2. ^ "Professor Jean-Gabriel Castel - Officer of the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The Order of Ontario portal". Ontario.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Jean-Gabriel Castel, nouvel Officier de la Légion d'Honneur". Le Métropolitain (in Canadian French). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Professor Emeritus Jean-Gabriel Castel awarded France's highest honour". York University. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ "In memory of Jean-Gabriel Castel". Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Décès du juriste Jean-Gabriel Castel". l-express. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

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