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Dictionnaire De Droit Et De Pratique, Contenant L'Explication des Termes de Droit, d'Ordonnances, de Coutumes, & de Pratique. Avec les Jurisdictions ... M*** (1787 Final Edition).

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Originally Chez Me. Rayet, 1787. Two volumes. Text printed in double columns. With a New Introduction by Jennie Meade, Director of Special Collections, George Washington University Jacob Burns Law Library. Reprint of the final edition, "with additions exclusive to this edition, as well as those added to the 1771 Paris edition." First published in 1734, this was the most important French law dictionary of the eighteenth century. An encyclopedic work, most of its definitions are remarkably long and detailed. Many entries are divided into complex sub-categories, several include the etymology of legal terms and trace the history of laws and customs. This dictionary reflects the optimistic spirit of progressive reform that reached fruition in the French Revolution. In his definition 'Juge,' for example, he criticizes the vast power given to ecclesiastical judges and courts in the past and expresses thanks that they do not enjoy these powers any longer (Volume II 71).

1740 pages, Hardcover

First published October 30, 2008

About the author

Fils de Claude de Ferrière.

Claude-Joseph de Ferrière est un juriste français.

Claude-Joseph Ferrière, doyen des professeurs de droit de Paris, compléta essentiellement les ouvrages de son père, Claude de Ferrière. Il se situe dans la tradition de la robe parisienne. Il fit de son Introduction à la pratique contenant l'explication des principaux termes de pratiques & de coutume (1re éd. 1679) , un véritable Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique en 1740, et augmenta également la Science parfaite du notaire en 1761 qui a été plusieurs fois publiée. Qualifié de précurseur pour son analyse de l’histoire du droit, il se place davantage comme un relais de la pensée juridique que comme un innovateur.

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