Tag: France

  • Leslie V. French

    Definition of Leslie V. French (23 Ch. D. 552.) A stranger or a part owner of a policy of life insurance cannot acquire a lien on the proceeds of the policy for premiums paid by him, except (1) by contract, (2) as trustee, (3) as mortgagee, (4) by subrogation.A widow after effecting a policy […]

  • Principles of European Contract Law

    Principles of European Contract Law (Commision on European Contract Law) 2 25 May 2002 PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW TEXT OF ARTICLES IN PART 3, IN ENGLISH CHAPTER 10 Plurality of parties Section 1: Plurality of debtors ARTICLE 10:101: SOLIDARY, SEPARATE AND […]

  • European Caselaw Databases

    JURE, a database created by the European Commission, contains case law on jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters and on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in a State other than the one where the judgment was passed. This includes case law on relevant international […]

  • Jacques Derrida

    Jacques Derrida in Europe Jacques Derrida was born to a Sephardic Jewish family near Algiers in 1930 (and died on October 9, 2004), in what was then French Algeria. After World War II, Dorrida moved to France, where in 1950 he failed the entrance examination at the Ecole normale supérieure. […]

  • French Legal System

    French Legal System. An Overview in Europe According to Principles of French Law (see below), in France the approach to case law and doctrinal legal writing is different in administrative and constitutional law to that in civil and criminal law. French Legal Research Unlike England and […]

  • French Legal Abbreviations

    Law Abbreviations in France in Europe List of Legal Abbreviations in France BLD — Bulletin legislatif Dalloz BullCiv — Bulletin des arrets de la cour de cassation, chambres civiles BullCrim — Bulletin des arrets de la cour de cassation, chambres criminelle Cadm — Code […]

  • French Law Court Reports

    Law reports in France in Europe Official Report There is only one official series of French law reports, or at least it is the most important and widely used, the Bulletin des arrêts de la Cour de Cassation. – Paris: Imprimerie des Journaux Officiels, 1798-. The Bulletin forms part of the […]

  • List of French Reports

      BLD — Bulletin legislatif Dalloz   BullCiv — Bulletin des arrets de la cour de cassation, chambres civiles   BullCrim — Bulletin des arrets de la cour de cassation, chambres criminelle   Cadm — Code administratif   Cciv — Code […]

  • Adhémar Esmein

    Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein in Europe Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein (1848-1913), French jurist, was born at Tourvérac, Charente, Feb. 1 1848, In 1888 he became professor of law in the university of Paris, and in 1904 member of the Institute of France. His […]

  • Joseph Caillaux

    Joseph Caillaux in Europe Joseph-Marie–Auguste Caillaux (1863-1944), French politician and financier, was born March 30 1863. After studying law and following lectures at the École des Sciences Politiques he entered the civil service in 1888 as an inspector of finance, and spent most of his […]