Graduation address McGill University.

Authorde Sousa Santos, Boaventura
PositionGraduation Address/Discours de la Collation des Grades

EDITOR'S NOTE

Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, a Global Legal Scholar at the University of Warwick, and the director of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra.

In 2012, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Law from McGill University, and the following text is his speech to the graduating class. Professor de Sousa Santos is a leading scholar in legal pluralism. He is considered by many to be one of the leading sociologists of law of his generation. His work has transformed our understanding of how local cultures work toward securing justice and equality in the Global South. His words carry much weight, and we feel, at the McGill Law Journal, that his vision falls in line with the reflection we are trying to bring to the field of law. In these times of political uproar and economic instability, Professor de Sousa Santos's words resonate with wisdom, a wisdom we are most honoured to share in our pages.

MOT DE LA REDACTRICE

Le professeur Boaventura de Sousa Santos est un Distinguished Legal Scholar de University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, un Global Legal Scholar de University of Warwick ainsi que le directeur du Centre for Social Studies de University of Coimbra.

En 2012, il a recu un doctorat honorifique en droit de l'Universite McGill. Ce texte est le discours qu'il a prononce aux finissants. Le professeur de Sousa Santos est un chercheur de premier plan dans le domaine du pluralisme juridique. Il est considere par plusieurs comme un des plus eminents sociologues du droit de sa generation. Ses travaux ont transforme notre comprehension de la facon dont les cultures locales travaillent afin d'atteindre la justice et l'egalite dans les pays de l'hemisphere sud. Ses propos portent un gage de credibilite marque et nous croyons, a la Revue de droit de McGill, que sa vision s'insere dans la reflexion que nous tentons d'amener en droit dans notre publication. Dans cette epoque de contestations politiques et d'instabilite economique, les paroles du professeur de Sousa Santos resonnent de sagesse, une sagesse que nous avons l'honneur de pouvoir partager dans nos pages.

Chancellor Arnold H. Steinberg, Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, Mr. H. Stuart Cobbett, chair of the Board of Governors, Professor Daniel Jutras, dean of the Faculty of Law, members of the faculty.

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