Passer au contenu

/ Research

Je donne

Rechercher

Social Sciences and Humanities; Law

Pierre Larouche

Competition law, economic governance, and civil liability

Professeur titulaire

Faculté de droit

Pavillon Maximilien-Caron, room A-9470

514 343-2073

pierre.larouche.1@umontreal.ca

Media

Pierre LAROUCHE, Propriété et liberté - Commentaires transatlantiques

Colloque CRDP - CRIDS Entre propriété et liberté : 30 ans de protection des données personnelles.

Profile

Research expertise

As an expert in competition law, economic governance, and civil liability within the traditions of civil and common law.

Mr. Larouche also developed and established an innovative undergraduate program, the Bachelor in Global Law, at Tilburg University. Furthermore, he taught at the College of Europe in Bruges, and was a visiting professor at several universities in America (Northwestern, Pennsylvania), Europe (Sciences Po, Bonn), and Asia (Singapore).

Biography

As an expert in competition law, economic governance, and civil liability within the traditions of civil and common law, Pierre Larouche is a full professor in law and innovation at the Faculty of Law at the Université de Montréal. A graduate from the law faculties of McGill University, the University of Bonn, and Maastricht University, Mr. Larouche has been a full professor in competition law at Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, since 2002, where he notably co-founded the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), a world-leading research centre in economic governance. Over the course of his academic career in Europe, Mr. Larouche also developed and established an innovative undergraduate program, the Bachelor in Global Law, at Tilburg University. Furthermore, he taught at the College of Europe in Bruges, and was a visiting professor at several universities in America (Northwestern, Pennsylvania), Europe (Sciences Po, Bonn), and Asia (Singapore).

Prof. Larouche has published some sixty monographs, articles, and scientific contributions, and his work, which has been cited by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, informed the electronic communications and competition policies adopted by the European Commission.

In addition to his private law practice, he served as law clerk to the Honourable Charles D. Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada. Prof. Larouche also participates in the activities of the Public Law Research Centre (CRDP) and the Centre of the Law of Business and International Trade (CDACI). Additionally, he contributed greatly to the “Innovation, Science, Technology, and Law” doctorate option launched by the Faculty in the fall of 2017.

Awards and recognitions

Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Scholarship of the Quebec Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide à la recherche (FCAR).

University Scholar (1990).

Member of the Scarlet Key Society (1990).

McGill Law Students Association Prize (1990).

John G. Ahern, Q.C. Memorial Award (1990).

John W. Cook, K.C. Prize (1990).

Maurice Goldenberg Scholarship (1990).

Rogers, Bereskin and Parr Prize in the Law of Intellectual and Industrial Property (1990).

James McGill Award (1989, 1987).

Faculty Scholar (1989, 1987).

Wainwright Essay Prize (1989).

Daniel Mettarlin Scholarship (1989, 1988).

Pelletier, Poirier, Leroux, Kimmel Award (1989).

David Litner, Q.C., Scholarship (1988).

Lord Reading Law Society Prize (1987).

Adolphe Mailhot Commemorative Prize (1987)

education

  • 1990 — B.C.L. et LL. B. — DroitUniversité McGill
  • 1993 — LL. M. — DroitUniversität Bonn
  • 2000 — LL. D. — DroitUniversiteit Maastricht

Affiliations and responsabilities

Teaching and supervision

Student supervision

Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)

Projects

Research projects

2020 - 2024

Potentialiser le leadership normatif de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé: une étude internationale

Funding sources: CRSH/Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention Savoir

Outreach

Publications and presentations

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Sociology

Areas of expertise

  • Competition
  • Governance
  • Civil responsibility
  • Common law
  • Civil Law