- Henri Capitant
Henri Capitant (1865-1937) was a French
jurist .He was a professor and noted teacher of law at Grenoble (1891) and
Paris (1908). Several of his legal textbooks have had a lasting effect on Frenchlegal education , including "Introduction à l' étude du droit civil" (1898), "Cours élémentaire de droit civil" (1914-16 with Ambroise Colin), "Questions de droit civil" (1933) and "Grands arrêts de la jurisprudence civile" (1934).Capitant pursued an ideal of the unity of legal education,
jurisprudence andlegislation . A declared conservative, he objected to legal innovation, which he saw as generally threatening to a purpose of law – the preservation ofindividual liberty .Association Henri Capitant
Convinced that
French law represented the highest degree of legal culture, Capitant founded the "Association des juristes de langue française" in 1935, which was renamed upon his death to "Association Henri Capitant pour la Culture Juridique Française" and then to "Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française".Partially subsidised by the French government, the Association publishes studies and organises scientific conferences. It has about 45 chapters around the world, including in
Louisiana andQuébec . The Association's presidents have been Henri Capitant,Jacques Charpentier ,Robert Le Balle ,Roger Houin ,Philippe Malinvaud andMichel Grimaldi .External links
* [http://www.henricapitant.org Website of the Association Henri Capitant]
References
* cite book |last= Motte |first= Olivier J. |pages= 117| chapter= Henri Capitant
editor= Michael Stolleis (ed.) |title= Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert |edition= 2nd edition |year= 2001 |publisher= Beck |location= München |language= German |id= ISBN 3406 45957 9Persondata
NAME=Capitant, Henri
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=French jurist
DATE OF BIRTH=1865
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DATE OF DEATH=1937
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