Education
University of Michigan. Harvard Law School.
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Jean-Gabriel Castel
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Career
He currently teaches a course at Osgoode in conflicts of law. Born in Nice, France he served in the French Resistance during World 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 Juris Doctor in 1953 from the University of Michigan and a Doctorate. 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.
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.
He is the author of Canadian Conflict of Laws, the leading Canadian work on the conflict of laws.
He is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and officer de l’Ordre national du Mérite.
Achievements
Membership
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Ontario.
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France
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Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Officer of the Order of Canada Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.