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The French Civil Code

open access: yes, 2022
This book charts the formation of the French Civil Code, examining both its public and private effects. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, French private law was very different in the various parts of the country.
Halpâerin, Jean-Louis,   +1 more
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U.S. Unconscionability and Article 1171 of the Reformed French Civil Code

open access: yesRevue internationale de droit comparé, 2016
Calleros Charles R. U.S. Unconscionability and Article 1171 of the Reformed French Civil Code. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 68 N°4,2016. pp. 891-905.
Calleros, Charles R.
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The Legal Status of Animals in the French Civil Code

open access: yes, 2015
The recognition by the French Civil Code that animals are living and sentient beings: symbolic move, evolution or revolution?France does not have a specific law on animal protection like Switzerland for example. Under French law, rules relating to ''animals'' are scattered in several codes as well as in many other texts (decrees, ordinances circulars).
Neumann, Jean-Marc
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The Making of the French Civil Code: An Economic Interpretation

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2002
The code Napoleon has been one of the first (on such a scale), the most important and the most pervasive processes of codification that ever took place. The purpose of our paper is to provide an economic analysis of the making of this codification.
Josselin, Jean-Michel, Marciano, Alain
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Translating the French Civil Code : Politics, Linguistics and Legislation

open access: yes, 2005
The close of 2004 gave rise to as sharp controversy about French Law, namely ils Cival Law. On the one hand, the French were celebrating the bicentennial of the Civil Code, placing emphasis on its flexibility and its adaptability to new economic models.
Cachard, Olivier
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Extending the Frontiers of Tort Law: Liability for Ecological Harm in the French Civil Code

open access: yesJournal of European Tort Law, 2018
In August 2016 the French Parliament adopted legislation introducing civil liability for ecological harm into the civil code. Since tort law is traditionally concerned with the compensation of harm to individuals, the recognition of ecological harm as a ...
Simon Taylor
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The Reform of the French Civil Code at a Distance: an International and Comparative Perspective

European Review of Contract Law, 2017
AbstractAn outlyer’s view of this very interesting reform raises several issues from an international and comparative perspective. One may be the link established here between form and substance, of particular relevance in contract law; another could be the reach and scope of the new provisions as intended by the drafters, given their aim to capture ...
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