Francophone Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association–Symposium

THE JUDGE ALLEN M. BABINEAUX INTERNATIONAL CIVIL LAW SYMPOSIUM

Fleur de lys

“Commemoration of the Tricentennial of New Orleans Being Named the Capital of the Louisiana Colony (1723-2023)”

On February 1, 2023 from noon to 5 pm, the Francophone Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, will celebrate the Commemoration of the Tricentennial of New Orleans Being Named the Capital of the Louisiana Colony (1723-2023) at the Eason Weinmann Center for International and Comparative Law, Tulane Law School, 6329 Freret St., New Orleans, LA.

Featured topics and presenters will include:

  • Civil Codes: Ten Interesting Things You Probably Didn’t Know by Tulane Law Prof. Vernon Palmer
  • The Multiple Languages of the Louisiana Civil Codes: Connecting Past and Future by LSU Law Prof. Olivier Moreteau
  • Recent Developments Between Louisiana and the Francophone World By the Honorable Lieutenant Governor William “Billy” Nungesser
  • The History of the Capital of the La. Colony by Howard Margot, Archivist The New Orleans Historic Collection
  • Who was Bienville? By Jason Berry, investigative reporter, author of City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300, and documentary filmmaker.
  • The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion on mediations by Stacey Marcel and Maurice Hebert led by moderator Louis R. Koerner Jr.

To register or become a sponsor of the event, email Warren Perrin at perrin@plddo.com or call (337) 456-7729.

Sponsors for the event are: Canadian Consulate of Dallas, Eason Weinmann Center International and Comparative Law Tulane Law School, Perrin Landry deLaunay Law Firm; Acadian Museum; Louis Koerner Law Firm; Andrepont Printing; Parlons Café LLC/Edwin Fleischmann, PDG; Karsman, McKenzie & Hart; Broussard & David, LLC; and Gachassin Law Firm.

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Journal of Civil Law Studies, Volume 14 (2021-2022)

The Journal of Civil Law Studies, Volume 14 (2021-2022) is now online.

In a three-page Avant-Propos, the Editor-in-Chief explains:

Volume 14 of the Journal of Civil Law Studies is published one year behind schedule, proving the fragility and the resilience of the operation. Fragility, as it was hit by a series of events, such as the COVID pandemic that paralyzed many human ventures all over the world. Fragility, because human causes impacted the personal life of its major actors, such as the Editor-in-Chief’s unexpected long-time leave and the Managing-Editors moving to other places. Resilience, because editing continued thanks to devoted LL.M. graduates who answered the call and joined the Center of Civil Law Studies as Research Associates. Resilience, because the team did not give up and the venture is too successful to fail. Volume 14 of 2021 comes out as Volume 14 of 2021-2022. After Volume 15 of 2022-2023, the Journal will try to come back to two annual issues matching the calendar year.

Articles:

  • In Penalty Default Rules in Quebec Contract Law, Zackary Goldford brings a civil law voice to a U.S. conversation of default rules that thus far focused on economic analysis.
  • In Performatives in Argentine Supreme Court Dissents: A Jurilinguistic Proposal for Civilian Change Based on the American Common Law, Mariano Vitetta uses the U.S. experience to improve the publication of Argentine Supreme Court dissents.
  • David Marrani uses his experience as former dean of the Jersey Law Institute to enrich a philosophical discussion of legal education in micro jurisdictions.
  • Mariusz Fras connects business associations and civil liability in a comparative discussion of the doctrine of veil-piercing liability in Poland and Selected Countries.

Civil Law Translations:

  • The entire Book II of the Civil Code of Louisiana (Things and the Different Modifications of Ownership) is published in English and Spanish.
  • The Civil Code of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is published in Korean and in English with an Introductory Note by Joseph Cho, the translator.

Civil Law in the World features three national reports:

  • Codification of Civil Law in Azerbaijan: History, Current Situation and Development Perspectives, by Natig Khalilov
  • Natural and Artificial Neural Networks: The Chilean Legal Framework, by Carlos Amunátegui Perelló
  • The Constitutional Reshaping of South Africa’s Succession Laws, by François du Toit

Rediscovered Treasures of Louisiana Law publishes a letter by Colonel John H. Tucker, jr., on the 1969 Reprint of the de la Vergne Volume (Digest of 1808), with an introduction by Olivier Moréteau and Agustín Parise.

Three case notes by LSU Law graduates are published in the Civil Law in Louisiana feature, and two book reviews complete the volume.

Click here to access the Journal of Civil Law Studies.

Click here to access the CCLS December 2022 Newsletter.

The Journal of Civil Law Studies welcomes submissions for volume 15: email moreteau@lsu.edu.

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Comparative Perspectives on Law and Language

Book cover of Comparative Perspectives on Law and LanguageAgustín Parise & Olivier Moréteau (Eds.), Comparative Perspectives on Law and Language, Maastricht Law Series, Eleven, 2022.

 

Law finds its roots in human experience and its expression in language. It cannot be administered, studied or taught without the instrumentality of language. The focus on language enlarges and deepens comparative studies. This volume features a wide array of comparative perspectives encompassing Law and Language, inviting readers to deepen their understanding of their many interactions, casting new lights that benefit jurists and linguists alike. It invites to interdisciplinary collaboration, focusing on the centrality of language in law making, solving legal problems and making sense of the law.

This volume displays a variety of approaches to Law and Language, moving from traditional to renewed doctrinal approaches, including case studies and empirical exercises. The chapters move across jurisdictions and time periods, from preconceived ideas to calls for change. This volume takes an innovative and interdisciplinary approach embracing a variety of prisms: translation studies, comparative law, legal history, jurilinguistics, and legal education, to name a few. It is an indispensable companion for anyone interested in these disciplines.

Contents

Law and Language: A Plea for Experts Sans frontières
Agustín Parise
A Twenty-First Century Approach to Law and Language in Europe
Elena Ioriatti
Living Off Translations: The Survival of Civil Law in South Africa and Other
Mixed Jurisdictions
Vernon Valentine Palmer
Research into Legal Translation: An Overview of the 2010s Trends from the
Perspective of Translation Studies
Łucja Biel
Aux sources de la jurilinguistique canadienne: de la lettre à l’esprit du
droit – Crépuscule du terme, primat du texte
Jean-Claude Gémar
Judgments’ Style: An Experience in Reading Civil and Common Law
Cases
Silvia Ferreri
Two Centuries of Legal Translation in Louisiana: Developing and Promoting
the Civil Law English Terminology
Olivier Moréteau
Building the Bridge from Both Sides: Successful Communication Strategies
in Legal Translation and Court Interpreting
Carmen Bestué
The Protection of Regional and Minority Languages
Gerard-René de Groot
Law, Language, and the 50 Years of the Netherlands Comparative Law
Association
Ulli Jessurun d’Oliveira and Lars van Vliet
Fifty Years of Comparative Law in the Netherlands: The Importance of
Translation
Ewoud Hondius
The Wave of Comparative Law
Sjef van Erp
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Air France General Counsel and LSU Law LLM alum interviews students for internship during visit to Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Air France General Counsel Lionel Bros, who earned his LLM from LSU Law in 1997, returned to his alma mater for a two-day visit on March 9-10, during which he interviewed current LLM students who are vying for an internship with the global airline in New York City following their graduation later this spring.

Air France General Counsel Lionel Bros speaks with LSU Law LLM and International Law Society students at the Law Center on Thursday, March 10.

Air France General Counsel Lionel Bros speaks with LSU Law LLM and International Law Society students at the Law Center

“It’s been a joy to be back at the Law Center and to meet the students, and just walk around campus and remember some of the great experiences I had here 25 years ago,” said Bros, a Marseille, France, native and Aix-Marseille University graduate who holds master’s degrees in law, international trade, business law, and insurance law.

Traveling with Bros to LSU Law was Counsel for Air France USA Gregory Kozlowski. LLM students interviewed with Bros and Kozlowski and took a written test for the Air France internship, which is being made available through a tripartite agreement between LSU Law, Aix-Marseille University, and Air France.

On March 10, Bros also made a special presentation to LLM and International Law Society students at the Law Center, during which he talked about his career path and provided an overview of the in-house legal work that’s done at Air France.

[reblogged from LSU Law]

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Senghor Chair Lecture Discussing Legal Culture of Canada, France, and Louisiana

On March 2, 2022, Professor Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, former Dean of the Faculty of Law and presently Vice Rector of the University of Montreal, presented in French on Legal and Cultural Convergences, Canada, France and Louisiana. The lecture inspired a rich discussion. This was the first interdisciplinary Senghor Chair Lecture given at LSU Law, organized jointly by the Center of Civil Law Studies and the Center of French and Francophone Studies. LSU is the only U.S. holder of one of 21 Senghor Chairs of Francophone Studies. Click here to access the video recording of the lecture.

Photo of Professor Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens giving his lecture

Professor Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Photo of Prof. Olivier Moréteau introducing Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Prof. Olivier Moréteau introducing Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Photo of Prof. John Protevi (LSU French Studies), Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (Montreal) and Prof. Olivier Moréteau (LSU Law) continuing the discussion under the portrait of the late Prof. Robert Pascal (1915-2018).

Prof. John Protevi (LSU French Studies), Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (Montreal) and Prof. Olivier Moréteau (LSU Law) continuing the discussion under the portrait of the late Prof. Robert Pascal (1915-2018).

Photo of Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens dialoguing with Prof. Adelaide Russo (LSU French Studies).

Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens dialoguing with Prof. Adelaide Russo (LSU French Studies).

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LSU Law Welcomes First Senghor Chair Lecture in French

The Center of Civil Law Studies

The Center of French and Francophone Studies

Invite you to attend a

Chaire Senghor de la Francophonie Lecture

 

Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens

Professor, Faculty of Law, Former Dean of the Faculty of Law

Vice-Rector of Strategic Planning and Communications

Université de Montréal

Présentera sur

« Les convergences culturelles et juridiques entre le Canada, la France et la Louisiane »

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

LSU Law Center, Room W210

Click here to access the poster

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Juris Diversitas Conference on the Dark Side of the Law

Professor Olivier Moréteau, President of Juris Diversitas, invites you to attend the 7th General Conference on “The Dark Side of the Law” organized online on June 9-11, 2021. Two other LSU Law faculty will also present: Prof. Emeritus John Baker and Prof. John Church.

Click here to download the program.

Participation is free for all Juris Diversitas Members in good standing. Dues are 50 Euros ($60) and 25 Euros ($30) for students. Click here to visit the Juris Diversitas webpage (and from there click on the Events or Membership tabs).

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Translating the Louisiana Civil Code into Spanish: A Jurilinguistic Exercise

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A Law Library of Louisiana FREE CLE

Co-sponsored by the Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society

Translating the Louisiana Civil Code into Spanish:

A Jurilinguistic Exercise

Portrait photo of Mariano Vitetta

Presented by Mariano Vitetta,

Research Associate, LSU Center of Civil Law Studies

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

 

Register for this Zoom Webinar at:

https://lasc-org.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_8nAsSmtoTK2FHspM2haG1w

1.0 Hour CLE credit

On Thursday, May 6, the Law Library of Louisiana and the Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society will co-sponsor a free CLE presented by Mariano Vitetta, Research Associate at the Center of Civil Law Studies (CCLS) at the LSU Law Center, where he is responsible for the translation of the Louisiana Civil Code from English into Spanish under the leadership of Professor Olivier Moréteau. Translating a civil code is a complex endeavor calling for expertise in both the law and legal translation, thus a “jurilinguistic” exercise. The Louisiana Civil Code, a unique piece of legislation that sets Louisiana apart, requires an approach combining legal translation, comparative law, and legal history. Participants will learn about the project’s history and the intricacies of the translation process. With a Spanish translation, CCLS at LSU plans to make Louisiana’s flagship legal instrument available to the legal Spanish-speaking community at large, while also paying homage to the years in which the territory was part of Spain.

Speaker

Mariano Vitetta obtained a degree as a certified legal translator (English-Spanish) and a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires. He also obtained an LL.M. in Comparative Law from LSU, with a dissertation on the connection between European-style codification and plain language. He has taught English-Spanish legal translation (CAECE University), legal writing and drafting in Spanish (Argentine Catholic University), and introduction to the common law tradition for law students (Austral University). Mariano has been working for more than 15 years as a legal translator for law firms, companies, and academic institutions. His most recent published translations include Por qué el derecho importa (Alon Harel, Marcial Pons 2018) and Fostering Innovation for Agriculture 4.0: A Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System (Miguel Ángel Rapela, Springer 2019).

If you have questions, please contact

Gail Bragg via email at gbragg@lasc.org or phone (504-310-2411)

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The Lost Translators of 1808 and the Birth of Civil Law in Louisiana

In celebration of Vernon Valentine Palmer’s fifty years of teaching at Tulane and the publication of his latest book, Tulane Law School and the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative and International Law invite you to a live virtual conversation between comparative-law experts, Dean David Meyer, and the author. Click here to register.

Tuesday April 27, 5:30–6:30 p.m. CTPoster of event with title and date, photo of Prof. Palmer and cover of his book Photo of three panelists, Prof. Olivier Moreteau, John Cairns, and Agustin Parise with their credentials

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50th Anniversary of the Code of Commerce of Colombia

Professor Moreteau presenting with slideshow next to him. On March 25, 2021 Professor Olivier Moréteau was a guest speaker at an online international conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Commercial Code of Colombia. He was invited by Professor Francisco Reyes, who taught multiple times at LSU Law as a Visiting Professor and gave the 39th Tucker Lecture in the Civil Law in 2016.

Prof. Moréteau’s topic was The Place of Commercial Law in Civil Law and Common Law Jurisdictions: A Macro Comparative Perspective. He presented in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.

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