Dr. Margarida Garcia

Biography

Margarida Garcia is a Professor in the Civil Law section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. With a Ph.D. in Sociology, her research interests include leadership, innovation obstacles in legal reform, criminal law, and human rights. She focuses on the interdisciplinary interaction between law and social sciences, aiming to redefine the legal paradigm to meet the needs of a multicultural and pluralist society. She has held various roles, including Director of the Leadership Academy at the University of Ottawa and is a member of the Canada Research Chair in Legal Traditions and Penal Rationality, and the International Association of Penal Law. Professor Garcia has been recognized with several awards, including the Doctoral Scholarship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Her work has contributed to significant discussions on modern criminal rationality, judicial independence, and empirical legal research. She has also co-edited influential books on criminal law reform and penal rationality, with her research disseminated across multiple countries.

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