H. Patrick Glenn (1940–2014) was the Peter M. Laing Professor at the Faculty of Law at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

. He specialized in

comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the ...

private international law Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence that has connections to more than one jurisdiction. This body of law deals with three broad t ...

, and

civil procedure Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced; what kin ...

Biography

Glenn was born in

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, Canada, in 1940. He studied law at Queen's University and Harvard Law School and earned his doctorate in law at Strasbourg. He started his career at McGill University in 1971, recruited by the Faculty of Law to help support the National Program. He became known as a respected scholar in the field of comparative law, specifically comparative civil procedure and private international law. He began publishing in the 1980s and continued for the majority of his career. He is the author of the five editions of ''Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law'', published by the Oxford University Press. Glenn started as an Assistant Professor in 1971, rising to the rank of Associate Professor in 1973 and then to Full Professor in 1978, a rank that he held until his passing in 2014. While he remained at McGill for his entire career, he also had the honor of serving as a visiting professor at a number of illustrious universities throughout the world, including the Université de Montréal (1973), the Université de Fribourg (1985), and the Université française du Pacifique (1992). He was also the Director of Studies at

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starting in 1977. In 2012, he was elected president of the American Society of Comparative Law. In 2006, The Government of Quebec recognized H. Patrick Glenn with the

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in the science category.

Personal life

He was married t
Jane Matthews Glenn
another McGill University professor.

Death

Glenn died on 1 October 2014. No information is presently available about the cause or manner of death.

Books

* ''Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law'', 5th ed., 2014, Oxford University Press, *''The Cosmopolitan State'', 2013, Oxford University Press, * ''Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law'', 4th ed., 2010, Oxford University Press, *''On Common Laws'', 2007, Oxford University Press,

Awards

* ''Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law'', 2000 * ''

'', 2006 * ''Henry G. Schermers Fellowship'', 2010 and 2011 * ''Paul-André Crépeau Medal'', 2014 (posthumous)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glenn, H. Patrick McGill University Faculty of Law faculty Canadian legal scholars People from Toronto Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of Strasbourg alumni Harvard Law School alumni