Pierre Legrand
Visiting Professor of Law
A graduate of McGill University, the University of Oxford (where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship), and the Sorbonne, Professor Legrand teaches law at the Sorbonne where he acts as director of the postgraduate program in comparative legal studies. Prior to settling in France, Professor Legrand, a Canadian, taught for 12 years in Canada, England and the Netherlands. In the course of his academic career, Professor Legrand has lectured in more than 15 countries and held visiting professorships at various universities including Toronto, Uppsala and Cambridge. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Max-Planck Institute in Hamburg. Professor Legrand publishes in English and French. His work has also appeared in other languages. Recent publications include a co-edited collection, "Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions" (Cambridge University Press) and chapters in "Themes in Comparative Law in Honour of Bernard Rudden" (Oxford University Press) and "Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation" (Princeton University Press). Professor Legrand teaches and writes in the field of comparative legal studies with specific reference to salient theoretical issues arising from comparative interventions. He has also been prominently involved in ongoing exchanges surrounding the Europeanization of law. |
|
|
