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Dictionary of the Civil Code: Explore French Civil Law through a Louisiana Lens

On March 11, 2015, LSU Law Center Professors Alain Levasseur, J. Randall Trahan, and Associate Chancellor for the Law Library Beth Williams, will be among the speakers at a free CLE at the Louisiana Supreme Court, entitled “Dictionary of the Civil Code.” The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. and will inform the Louisiana legal community of an important and useful new resource available to them and to explore the civil law of France through a Louisiana lens.

The Dictionary of the Civil Code is an English translation of more than 1,600 civil law concepts from the French Vocabulaire juridique, first published in 1936 under the direction of Henri Capitant and later revised under the supervision of Gérard Cornu, Dean of the University of Poitiers Law School. This ambitious project was accomplished by two teams of translators: the “Louisiana Team” led by Alain Levasseur of the LSU Law Center and the “Poitiers-Juriscope” team led by Marie-Eugénie Laporte-Legeais at the University of Poitiers.

Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John L. Weimer (’80), U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Judge James L. Dennis (’62), and Benjamin Janke (’08) of Banker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, will also present.

Dictionary of the Civil Code
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
5:30 p.m.-Lecture
6:30 p.m.-Reception
Louisiana Supreme Court
400 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA
More Information: 504-310-2402 or gchadwick@lasc.org

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