Chair in Business Law and International Trade

ABOUT THE CHAIR

Mission - Organization - Contributors

Mission

In today's volatile economy, Canadian and Quebec businesses face considerable challenges. They must confront intense competition arising from the globalization of markets. They must adopt the technological innovations that permit them to function more efficiently and remain competitive. They must consider the effects of their actions on the stakeholders involved in their sphere of influence.

In an environment such as this one, it is important to ensure that the institutional and legal setting encourages continued economic success on the part of businesses, by allowing them to meet and adapt to the challenges imposed by modern society. Business law serves as a central hub and a general framework for the institutions that serve to structure the organization and activities of businesses. This is why it is of paramount importance to emphasize and focus on the quality of business law as well as the means by which to improve it.

In this context, the Chair was created in 2005 with the mission of developing the training and research capacities of the Faculty in the field of business law. In particular, the Chair's objectives are:

to study how the law adapts itself to flexibly structure commercial activities;
to commit itself to the study of key issues related to business law and international commerce and to propose efficient solutions to those issues;
to ensure the training of first-rate legal experts and researchers, who will be well prepared in the face of adversity and aspire to become leaders in their fields;
to transfer knowledge and promote cooperation within the areas affected by business law and international trade.

In the pursuit of its objectives, the Chair is governed by the following values:

Scientific rigor: to maintain the highest standards of thoroughness expected from university research, namely through debates, exchanges and hypothesis-testing undertaken with scientific methods, both quantitative and qualitative;
Relevance: to produce works and carry out activities concerning topics of interest for university and professional communities in order to contribute to deliberation and debates;
Independence: to carry out research and initiate activities with integrity, intellectual honesty, and without bias;
Pragmatism: to provide solutions to the challenges that professionals and business people face through research and training activities.