Henri Capitant (1865-1937) was a French legal scholar who taught at the University of Grenoble from 1891 and at the Paris law faculty from 1908. His textbooks, including Introduction a l'etude du droit civil (1898) and the Cours elementaire de droit civil (1914-16) written with Ambroise Colin, shaped French legal education for decades. He co-founded the Paris Institute of Comparative Law in 1931 and established the Association of French-speaking Jurists in 1935, an organization later renamed in his honor.
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What is the Association Henri Capitant and how did it begin?
A body of French-law scholars that Capitant founded in 1935 and that now carries his name.
Henri Capitant founded the Association des juristes de langue française in 1935. After his death it was renamed Association Henri Capitant pour la Culture Juridique Française, and later Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française. It publishes studies and organises scientific conferences, and has about 45 chapters around the world, including in Louisiana and Quebec.
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He was a professor and noted teacher of law at Grenoble (1891) and at the Faculty of Law of Paris (1908).
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Henri Capitant (1865-1937) was a French jurist. He was a professor and noted teacher of law at Grenoble (1891) and at the Faculty of Law of Paris (1908). Several of his legal textbooks have had a lasting effect on French legal 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).
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Henri Capitant (1865-1937) was a French jurist.
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He co-founded the Paris Institute of Comparative Law in 1931.
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was a French jurist
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Wikidata Q1165447, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1865
Wikidata Q1165447, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1865-09-15
Wikidata Q1165447, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1937
Wikidata Q1165447, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1937-09-21
Wikidata Q1165447, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Grenoble
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P20 (place of death): Paris
Wikidata Q1165447, P1477 birth name claim (fr)
birth name (P1477): Henri Lucien Capitant
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