On November 8, 2018, Professor Emeritus Attila Harmathy (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary) delivered the 41st John H. Tucker, jr. Lecture in Civil Law. Under the title “Comparative Law and the Development of Civil Law in a Country Under Transformation,” Professor Harmathy offered a multidimensional panorama of the evolution of the Civil Law in Hungary from the 11th to the 21st century, based on his immense scholarship, his experience as a Justice of the Constitutional Court and as the mastermind of the recent efforts leading to a new Civil Code for Hungary. The event was attended by over 100 alumni, faculty, and students.
Professor Olivier Moréteau introducing Professor Attila Harmathy
Professor Harmathy delivering the 41st Tucker Lecture in Civil Law
In the Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Law Center
In front of a large public of faculty, students and alumni
