LSU Law Center Journal of Civil Law Studies, Vol. 1, 2008 (Complete)
LSU Law Center Journal of Civil Law Studies, Vol. 1, 2008
236 Pages Posted: 27 Apr 2010 Last revised: 11 Jul 2014
Date Written: 2008
Abstract
Volume 1 of the Journal of Civil Law Studies (1 JCLS 2008) contains the papers of the Robert A. Pascal Civil Law Workshop Series, Revisiting the Distinction between Persons and Things. Authors from various parts of the world and from different legal systems contributed to this project which included papers on the historical perspective of the distinction between persons and things; the name as property in English and French law; the analysis of property in different societies; the legal status of human embryos, animal embryos, and chimerical embryo in French law; the current status of human embryos from an historical perspective; the protection of genetic identity; and the civil-law taxonomy of persons and things. For more information on the JCLS visit www.law.lsu.edu/jcls
Keywords: Civil Law; Persons; Things; Comparative Law; Robert Anthony Pascal; Civil Law Workshop; Louisiana; Roman Law; Legal History; Legal Thought; Natural Law; Property; Personality Right; Identity; Privacy; Naming; Africa; Communicability; Custom; Legal Anthropology; Land Tenure; Legal Terminology; French
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