Category Archives: Civil Law

International Conference: How French Tort Law Faces Environmental Challenges

Posted on April 29, 2024 by moreteau

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

Posted on April 10, 2024 by moreteau

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 Professor Moréteau’s Videos on Western Legal Traditions

Posted on March 3, 2024 by moreteau

Professor Olivier Moréteau has recorded several videos for his Legal Traditions class. They are available to the public on his YouTube Chanel @oliviermoreteau, from the Western Legal Traditions list. These 26 videos cover code interpretation, interpretation in the common law, … Continue reading →

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Visit the Trilingual Louisiana Civil Code Online

Posted on March 2, 2024 by moreteau

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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Rencontres internationales de la francophonie de Lyon 2023: Louisiane

Posted on March 1, 2023 by moreteau

Louisiana is the topic of an international conference organized in Lyon, March 20 and 21, 2023, by the Institut international pour la francophonie, University Jean Moulin. Click here to access the program.  Dans le cadre du mois de la Francophonie, … Continue reading →

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Francophone Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association–Symposium

Posted on January 11, 2023 by moreteau

THE JUDGE ALLEN M. BABINEAUX INTERNATIONAL CIVIL LAW SYMPOSIUM “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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 9, 2021 by moreteau

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 … Continue reading →

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View the Webinar on the French Influence on Louisiana Law

Posted on March 29, 2021 by moreteau

On March 24, 2021, LSU Professors Alain Levasseur and Olivier Moréteau, Tulane Professor Vernon Palmer, and Dan Stigall (U.S. Department of Justice and LSU alum) discussed the French linguistic and juridical influence on the legal system of Louisiana at a … Continue reading →

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Webinar: The Intersection of the French Language and the Legal System of Louisiana

Posted on March 11, 2021 by moreteau

Join the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. and the Consulate General of France in Louisiana on Zoom on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 for a panel discussion in French highlighting the use of the French language in Louisiana civil law. … Continue reading →

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Professor Moréteau Discusses the French Civil Code with Doctoral Students in Qatar

Posted on January 31, 2021 by moreteau

On January 31, 2021, Professor Olivier Moréteau was a guest lecturer in Professor Mohamed Mattar’s course on “Comparative Legal Systems,” at Qatar University College of Law in Doha. This course is part of the newly created doctoral program that Professor … Continue reading →

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