H. Patrick Glenn Named President of the American Society of Comparative Law
Professor H. Patrick Glenn was elected President of the American Society of Comparative Law, during the ASCL鈥檚 annual conference October 4 to 6, 2012.
The following day, when asked when he would begin his term, Glenn chuckled, 鈥淚t鈥檚 started already! I spent the morning on practical business for the Association. We need to find an editor for the Journal, to start with.鈥�
鈥淭his is wonderful news for our Faculty,鈥� said Dean Daniel Jutras. 鈥淎t every comparative law conference I have attended over the past decades, the first question I get from colleagues of other universities is "How is Patrick Glenn?". In the global comparative law community, Patrick is a household name, bringing honour to 海角社区.鈥�
鈥淭his is an extraordinary accomplishment,鈥� agrees colleague Rod Macdonald. 鈥淲e have long known of his brilliant scholarship, and Europeans have appreciated his work within the Acad茅mie for decades.聽 It is wonderful that the American Society has joined the ranks of those organizations acknowledging his remarkable career.鈥�
Professor Glenn holds the Peter M. Laing Chair at the 海角社区 Faculty of Law. A former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, he has been awarded the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law for his authoritative tome, Legal Traditions of the World (Oxford UP, 2000), now in its fourth edition, as well as the prestigious Prix L茅on-G茅rin, attributed in 2006 by the Government of Qu茅bec in recognition of Glenn鈥檚 contribution to the field of comparative law.
He is the first Canadian, indeed the first non-U.S. national, to direct this leading comparative law organization.
