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About the Centre

Our Mandate: Fundamental Legal Research

Founded in 1975 by Professor Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau, the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law (formerly the Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law) endeavours to promote the civilian tradition in Canada and develop it through a philosophy of openness to the lessons to be learned from other legal traditions.

The Cr茅peau Centre brings together legal scholars and academics from Quebec and abroad with a view to renewing the theoretical investigations of Quebec鈥檚 fundamental private law institutions.

As a civil law system evolving in an environment otherwise largely grounded in the common law, Quebec鈥檚 private law provides a living model for the fruitful coexistence of two historically distinct legal traditions. The importance of this model in our increasingly interconnected world is underlined by the fundamentally bilingual nature of Quebec鈥檚 civil law.

The ambitious research program of the Cr茅peau Centre comprises many different axes of research, all of which pursue a dialogical understanding of local law set against the world鈥檚 great legal traditions.

From the Treatise of Civil Law to historical and critical editions of the Qu茅bec Civil Code, from legal terminology projects, like the Private Law Dictionaries and Bilingual Lexicons, to transsystemic legal education, the Cr茅peau Centre aims to develop new theoretical understandings of private law.

Following the death in 2011 of Professor Cr茅peau, the Centre was renamed in March 2012 as the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.

See a biography of Professor Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau on the Wainwright Fund website.

Go listen to the episode "" produced by the 51吃瓜网law journal!

A commemorative mosaic of photos of Prof. Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau.

Plaque en bronze: 脌 la m茅moire du professeur Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau (1926-2011). Un professeur et chercheur tr猫s appr茅ci茅 dans le domaine du droit civil.

Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer qu'une plaque comm茅morative en l'honneur du regrett茅 professeur 茅m茅rite Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau a 茅t茅 install茅e 脿 l'ext茅rieur de l'ancien Chancellor Day Hall. La plaque se trouve au pied de l'arbre qui a 茅t茅 d茅di茅 脿 la m茅moire du professeur Cr茅peau au printemps dernier lors d'une c茅r茅monie intime organis茅e par le doyen Leckey avec la famille du d茅funt et les membres du Centre Cr茅peau.

Professeur 脿 la Facult茅 de droit de 51吃瓜网pendant plus de 50 ans, le professeur Cr茅peau 茅tait le fondateur de ce qui est aujourd'hui connu sous le nom du Centre Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau de droit priv茅 et compar茅. Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau a consacr茅 sa vie 脿 faire progresser les connaissances en droit priv茅 et a marqu茅 la soci茅t茅 qu茅b茅coise en pr茅sidant les travaux titanesques de l'Office de r茅vision du Code civil du Qu茅bec de 1956 脿 1977, qui ont ouvert la voie au nouveau Code civil du Qu茅bec, entr茅 en vigueur en 1994.

Pour en savoir plus sur la vie de cette grande figure de l'histoire du Qu茅bec, vous pouvez lire l'hommage r茅dig茅 脿 l'茅poque de son d茅c猫s par Daniel Jutras, alors doyen de la Facult茅 de droit

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