Category Archives: Journal 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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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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Journal of Civil Law Studies, Volume 13 Number 1

Volume 13, Number 1, was published online in September 2020. Articles explore and reconcile the present, the past, and the future. The lead article article is a masterful presentation of the use of comparative law by the European Court of … Continue reading

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The CCLS Welcomes Research Associate Mariano Vitetta

LSU Law and the Center of Civil Law Studies welcome Mariano Vitetta, who started in June 2020 in a twelve-month position as CCLS Research Associate after a very successful LL.M. year with us. We wish him and his family another … Continue reading

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Journal of Civil Law Studies, Volume 12 Number 2

Volume 12, Number 2, was published online in March 2020. Articles offer a historical and dynamic panorama of Hungarian law, with Professor Emeritus Attila Harmathy as a guide (Tucker Lecture 2018). You will explore the #MeToo movement and its legal … Continue reading

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JCLS Colloquium on Opportunities of Distance Teaching

The Journal of Civil Law Studies (law.lsu.edu/jcls) will host a colloquium on the opportunities that distance teaching offers for law students and professors in the current global context. Speakers will share insights and perspectives from different jurisdictions, across continents: Xiangshun Ding, Renmin … Continue reading

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JCLS Volume 11 Number 2 is Available Online

With the publication of Number 2 , Volume 11 of the Journal of Civil Law Studies (2018) is now entirely online. This issue contains rich articles addressing legal transplants in general with alchemistic metaphors and in the context of 19th … Continue reading

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10th Anniversary of the Journal of Civil Law Studies

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Civil Law Studies (JCLS), the Center of Civil Law Studies hosted the first JCLS Annual Event. Professor Olivier Moréteau (editor-in-chief) and visiting professor Agustín Parise (executive editor), co-founders of … Continue reading

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Dr. Agustín Parise Visits at LSU Law

Dr. Agustín Parise, LL.M. LSU 2006, visited from the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, where he is Assistant Professor of Law. Parise holds two doctorates in law, one from his alma mater the University of Buenos Aires, and one from … Continue reading

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