SEMINAR: Julie ROCHETON, The Genesis of Nineteenth-Century Civil Codes in the United States [Legal History Library, eds. Remco VAN RHEE, Dirk HEIRBAUT & Matthew C. MIROW; 66] (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2024), ISBN 978-90-04-68996-1 (Versailles: Université de Versailles (Paris Saclay); 28 MAR 2024)

 

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Book abstract:

Starting in Louisiana in the early nineteenth century, this book takes the reader on a journey through the USA and the development of their civil codes. From Georgia and New York, civil codes traveled to California and Dakota Territory; in the Great Plains, they made their way to Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota by the end of the century. Unveiling the history of nineteenth-century civil codes in the USA, this book examines their origin stories, circulation, and usage by focusing on the social-historical context of their drafting and legal concepts.

Blurbs:

“Rocheton's work, published four decades after Cook's book on ‘The American Codification Movement,’ contains an exhaustive and insightful analysis of nineteenth-century civil codes. It thoroughly discusses their context, how they were conceived, discussed, drafted and approved, their main foreign influences and content, and their practical operation." - Aniceto Masferrer, University of Valencia “While there is a vast corpus of literature on codification and, more specifically, civil codes in the civil law tradition, it is much less known that six US states codified their private laws during the 19th century. This book tells the fascinating story. Spoiler alert: it’s a family affair.” - Stefan Vogenauer, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory 

On the author:

Julie Rocheton, Ph.D. (2021), Universitat de València, Master in Legal History (2013), Université Pantheon-Assas, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Roundtable abstract:

Le jeudi 28 mars, de 15h à 17h, dans les locaux du laboratoire DANTE, se tiendra une table ronde consacrée à la codification aux États-Unis. À cette occasion, Mme Julie Rocheton, docteur en histoire du droit, présentera son ouvrage tout juste publié, tiré de sa thèse de doctorat : The Genesis of Nineteenth-Century Codes in the United States (publié chez Brill).

Roundtable participants:

Aniceto Masferrer (Universtitat de València); Claire Bouglé-Le Roux (Université Paris-Saclay (Versailles))

Roundtable address:

Laboratoire DANTE 2nd Floor Faculté de droit de Versailles - UVSQ (Paris Saclay) 3 rue de la Division Leclerc 78280 GUYANCOURT FRANCE

For the book see here: DOI  10.1163/9789004689978.