Hugues Parent

Professor Hugues Parent is a Full Professor at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Law, specializing in criminal law with expertise in insanity cases and criminal responsibility. He authored foundational works like L’imputabilité, La culpabilité, and a sentencing analysis pivotal to Canadian jurisprudence.

• Education:
• LL.D. (2000), Harvard Law School
• LL.D. (1999), University of Montreal
• Doctoral Research Fellowship (1998), University of Poitiers
• LL.M. (1995), LL.B. (1993), Laval University

Research Focus: Criminal law fundamentals, insanity defense, mens rea interpretation, sentencing protocols, and intersections of mental health with legal accountability. His work heavily influences Canadian Supreme Court rulings.

Student Supervision: Directed over 15 graduate theses since 2007, including recent works on cryptocurrency legal frameworks, extreme intoxication defenses, and neuroscientific challenges to criminal responsibility (2024).

Affiliations: Member of Revue juridique Thémis editorial board. Teaches Droit pénal 1 and Droit pénal 2.