Paul-André Crépeau

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Paul-André Crépeau CC (born May 20, 1926) is a Canadian legal academic who led the reforms of Quebec's Civil Code and Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Born in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, he studied philosophy at the University of Ottawa. He received his law education from the Université de Montréal. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholar in 1950. In 1955 he received a Doctor of Law from the University of Paris. From 1974 to 1984, he was the director of McGill University's Institute of Comparative Law.

Honours

In 1980 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 1981 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 1989 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Dalhousie University.
In 1992 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada.
In 1993 he was the first winner of the Canadian Bar Association's Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law.
In 2000 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
In 2001 he was awarded an Honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne.
In 2002 he was awarded the Prix Léon-Gérin.
In 2004 he was awarded the Medal of the Bar of Montreal.

External links

[Prix Léon-Gérin citation] ()
[Paul-André Crépeau] at The Canadian Encyclopedia ()

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