Category Archives: Center of Civil Law Studies

International Conference: How French Tort Law Faces Environmental Challenges

Baton Rouge, April 22, 2024. A delegation of four distinguished French law professors presented at an afternoon conference on how French tort law faces environmental challenges, to an audience including law professors from LSU, Southern University, Loyola University College of … Continue reading

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How French Tort Law Faces Environmental Challenges: LSU Law April 23

How French Tort Law Faces Environmental Challenges Le droit français de la responsabilité civile à l’épreuve des questions environnementales Tuesday, April 23, 2024 LSU Law Center, Tucker Room 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. A conference organized by/Colloque organisé par: Louisiana State … Continue reading

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Visit the Trilingual Louisiana Civil Code Online

The Lousiana Civil Code Online (LCCO) is an online publication of the Center of Civil Law Studies (CCLS). It gives full access to the Civil Code of Louisiana in English, to its French translation, completed in 2016, and to the … Continue reading

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An Outstanding Tucker Lecture on Family Law

On February 6, 2024, Professor Frédérique Ferrand, Professor at University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Director of the Edouard Lambert Institute of Comparative Law, and Honorary Professor at the University of Augsburg, Germany, presented on Evolutions in European Family Law: Towards … Continue reading

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43rd Tucker Lecture by Professor Ferrand

The Center of Civil Law Studies of the LSU Law Center presents the 43rd John H. Tucker, jr. Lecture in Civil Law Evolutions in European Family Law: Towards a Common Core Given by Professor Frédérique Ferrand University Jean Moulin – … Continue reading

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New Publication on the French and Spanish Translations of the Civil Code of Louisiana

Professors Olivier Moréteau (LSU Law) and Mariano Vitetta (Austral University, Buenos Aires) just published a book chapter titled Translating the Civil Code of Louisiana into French and Spanish: A Jurilinguistic Exercise. The text is published in the Research Handbook on … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Translating the Louisiana Civil Code into Spanish: A Jurilinguistic Exercise

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 Presented by Mariano Vitetta, Research Associate, LSU Center of Civil Law Studies Thursday, May … Continue reading

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