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No.56 - July 2025 
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LSU PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER 
 
 
www.law.lsu.edu/civillaw & LSU Law Worldwide 
 
 
The Russell Long Chair and CCLS Newsletter 
 
July 2025 – No. 56 
 
 
 
 
Tucker Lecture in Civil Law by Agustín Parise   
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., Professor Agustín Parise 
(Maastricht University, The Netherlands) presented the 44th John H. 
Tucker, jr. Lecture in Civil Law, discussing A Bicentennial Approach to 
an Exegetical School of Private Law in Louisiana.  
The Lecture was delivered on the first evening of the international 
conference commemorating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil 
Code of 1825, attracting a large global and local audience. This key-
note event also marked the 60th anniversary of the Center of Civil 
Law Studies, founded in 1965. It was elegantly delivered and trig-
gered lively discussions.  
In his Lecture, Professor Parise provided an impressive diachronic 
overview of the contributions of scholars to the development of Lou-
isiana's civil law and its global connections. It will be published in Vol-
ume 17 of the Journal of Civil Law Studies, scheduled for publication 
in December 2025. Click here to watch the video of the Lecture.  
 
 
 
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Bicentennial of the Civil Code of Louisiana: Watch the videos 
 
 
On March 20-21, 2025, the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center hosted a two-day international con-
ference to commemorate the 1925 Louisiana Civil Code. This event was organized by the LSU 
Center of Civil Law Studies (CCLS), led by Director Professor Olivier Moréteau. It was the largest 
academic event within the statewide commemoration coordinated by the Supreme Court of 
Louisiana Historical Society. 
Over 40 leading experts on the Louisiana Civil Code and codi-
fication of the civil law, from Louisiana, the nation, and the 
world, presented and discussed papers that will be published 
in the Journal of Civil Law Studies over the next two years. 
The conference illustrated how Louisiana, as the first juris-
diction in the world to codify its private law in the wake of 
the Napoleonic Code, developed a code that is not merely a 
replica of the French Civil Code, but a synthesis of French 
and Spanish laws, presented in a didactic form. The rele-
vance and content of the 1825 Civil Code and its influence in the United States, the Americas, 
and other parts of the world were also explored. The future of codification in mixed jurisdictions 
and the global context was also debated. 
Over 90 participants attended the two-day event, contributing to rich and lively discussions. The 
enthusiastic students who greeted the participants and facilitated a smooth organization de-
scribed this as an extraordinary learning experience. Links to photo gallery and the conference 
program.  
Some of the sessions were recorded and can be accessed below: 
➢ Opening Remarks (13’26’’) 
➢ Alena Allen (Dean of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 
➢ Jacques Baran, Cultural Attaché, for Rodolphe Sambou (Consul General of 
France in New Orleans) 
➢ Olivier Moréteau (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
➢ Session 1 – Learning from the Civil Code (Chair: Prof. N. Davrados) (1:57’) 
➢ Ronald J. Scalise Jr. (Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana) 
The 1825 Louisiana Civil Code: A Didactic Code and Its Enduring Impact 
➢ John W. Cairns (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) 
Reforming Guardianship of Children in the Civil Code of 1825 
➢ David Gruning (Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana) 
Getting Here from There: Lessons from the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 
➢ Michael McAuley (Montréal, Québec) 
Civil Codes as Expressions of Social Projects 
 
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➢ Session 2 – Ownership of the Code and Codification of Ownership (Chair: Louis 
Koerner, Esq.) (1:39’) 
➢ Warren Perrin (Lafayette, Louisiana) 
Revisiting the Genesis of French Louisiana: It’s No Coincidence the Civil Code Was 
Adopted—We Ain’t Anglos! 
➢ John A. Lovett (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
The Civil Code of 1825 and the Rise of Absolute Dominion in Louisiana Property 
Law 
➢ Asya Ostroukh (University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados) 
Louisiana Property Law from the Digest to the Code: A Substantive Reform? 
➢ Session 3A – Louisiana Civil Code Influence in the United States (Chair: Prof. E. Viator) 
(1:28’) 
➢ Peter L. Reich (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 
The Rejection and Reinvention of the Louisiana Civil Code in California 
➢ Julie Rocheton (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Ger-
many) 
The Nineteenth-Century US Civil Codes and Their Codifiers 
➢ Milton J. Hernandez (Mississippi College, Jackson, USA) 
Codification in Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century Efforts for a Mississippi Civil Code 
➢ Session 4B – Codification et francophonie (Modérateur : Prof. O. Moréteau) (1:39’) 
➢ Jean-Louis Halpérin (École normale supérieure, Paris, France) 
Livingston, ses codifications et l'esclavage 
➢ Marie-Ève Arbour (Université Laval, Québec, Québec) 
Les traditions dans les codes civils : de la coutume aux droits fondamentaux  
➢ Pascale Deumier (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France) et Mathieu Devinat 
(Université de Sherbrooke, Québec) 
➢ L'avenir des codes civils à l'épreuve de leur réforme : regards croisés France-Qué-
bec  
➢ Session 6A – La fonction de la loi et l‘avenir des codes au-delà des nations (Modéra-
teur : Prof. D. Gruning) (1:37’) 
➢ Mustapha Mekki (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) 
La fonction de la loi dans le Code civil de 1804 
➢ Nathalie Blanc (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France) 
La codification face aux règles issues de l'Union européenne 
➢ Viviane Curran (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 
Quel avenir pour les codes à l’aune de la mondialisation ? 
➢ Session 7 – Long Live the Civil Code? (Chair: Prof. E. Viator) (1:43’) 
➢ Nikolaos A. Davrados (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
The Civil Code in the Cyber Age 
➢ Nadia Nedzel (Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
Louisiana’s Civil Code: Has our Beloved Catahoula Leopard Dog Been Contami-
nated by Common Law, and Is That a Good or a Bad Thing?  
➢ Alain A. Levasseur (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
The Louisiana Civil Code of 1825: Its ‘Crépuscule’? 
➢ Session 8 – Bouquet Final: Conversation Panel (Chair: Prof. O. Moréteau) (1:49’) 
➢ George Bermann (Columbia Law School, New York, USA) 
➢ John Costonis (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
 
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➢ Viviane Curran (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 
➢ Michele Graziadei (University of Turin, Italy) 
➢ Asya Ostroukh (University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados) 
➢ Vernon Valentine Palmer (Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana) 
➢ John Randall Trahan (LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 
 
Journal of Civil Law Studies, Vol. 17 (Forthcoming, Dec. 2025) 
Volume 17 (2025) will feature the 43rd and 44th Tucker Lectures:  
- Evolutions in European Family Law: Towards a Common Core?, Frédérique Ferrand 
- A Bicentennial Approach to an Exegetical School of Private Law in Louisiana, Agustín Parise  
I will also publish a collection of seven papers presented at our international conference commemorating 
the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil Code. More papers will be published in Volume 18, No. 1 (June 2026) 
and No. 2 (December 2026).   
The JCLS welcomes submissions for Volumes 18 and 19: email moreteau@lsu.edu. Link to Vol. 17 and earlier 
volumes of the Journal of Civil Law Studies.  


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