Paul-André Crépeau

Paul-André Crépeau, CC OQ FRSC (May 20, 1926 – July 6, 2011)[1][2] was a Canadian legal academic who led the reforms of the Civil Code of Quebec and the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Born in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, he studied philosophy at the University of Ottawa.

He received his legal education from the Université de Montréal.

He attended University College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1950.

In 1975, he founded the Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, and served as its Director until 1996.