Retrospective Interviews of Leading French Academics: Paul Lagarde

Lilian Larribère (Université Paris Nanterre) and Étienne Nédellec (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) are the leaders of a project aimed at offering retrospective interviews (in French) of leading French scholars (En Chair(e)).

The first interviewee is Paul Lagarde, who is Professor emeritus at the University Paris I and a leading French scholar of private international law that many readers will know.

The interview is divided in seven parts.

The first and second parts are dedicated to the early career of Lagarde.

In the third part, Lagarde recalls his work as an editor of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé.

In the fourth part, Lagarde explains that the achievement that he is the most proud of was to establish and be the director of the leading Master of PIL of the University Paris I.

In the fifth and sixth part, Lagarde recalls his involvement in the making of international and European instruments.

Finally, in the seventh part of the interview, Lagarde surveys his main intellectual fights (including his critique of lex mercatoria, his support of the Europeanization of private international law, and his critique of the French proposed codification of private international law).