Jean-Gabriel Castel
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
[edit]Born in Nice, France, he served in the French Resistance during World War II receiving 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 McGill University, where he served as the first Faculty Advisor to the McGill Law Journal.[1] In 1959, he moved to Osgoode Hall Law School and taught there until his retirement in 1999. From 1957 to 1984, he was editor-in-chief of the 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
[edit]- ^ "Masthead, Volume 1, Issue 4". McGill Law Journal. 1955.
- ^ "Professor Jean-Gabriel Castel - Officer of the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "The Order of Ontario portal". Ontario.ca. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Jean-Gabriel Castel, nouvel Officier de la Légion d'Honneur". Le Métropolitain (in Canadian French). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Professor Emeritus Jean-Gabriel Castel awarded France's highest honour". York University. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "In memory of Jean-Gabriel Castel". Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Décès du juriste Jean-Gabriel Castel". l-express. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- "Presentation of John Read Medal to Jean-Gabriel Castel". Canadian Council on International Law. Archived from the original on 24 February 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2005.
- 1928 births
- 2023 deaths
- Canadian legal scholars
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- French Resistance members
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- People from Nice
- Academic staff of York University
- Academic staff of the Osgoode Hall Law School
- Conflict of laws scholars
- French expatriates in the United States
- French emigrants to Canada