Faculty of Law of Paris
Notable faculty
Notable faculty
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[thumb\|[Andrea Alciato](/wiki/Andrea_Alciato "Andrea Alciato"), founder of [legal humanism](/wiki/Legal_humanists "Legal humanists")](/wiki/File:Andreas-Alciatus-Opera-omnia_MG_0360.tif "Andreas-Alciatus-Opera-omnia MG 0360.tif")

### 1100–1679

* [Andrea Alciato](/wiki/Andrea_Alciato "Andrea Alciato"), founder of [legal humanism](/wiki/Legal_humanists "Legal humanists")

### 1679–1793

* [Mathieu\-Antoine Bouchaud](/wiki/Mathieu-Antoine_Bouchaud "Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud"), author of the [French Enlightenment](/wiki/French_Enlightenment "French Enlightenment") and professor of law at the Paris Law Faculty

### 19th century

* [Francois Denis Tronchet](/wiki/Francois_Denis_Tronchet "Francois Denis Tronchet"), president of the commission for the creation of the [French Civil Code](/wiki/French_Civil_Code "French Civil Code") and lawyer of [Louis XVI of France](/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France "Louis XVI of France") at [his trial](/wiki/Trial_of_Louis_XVI "Trial of Louis XVI") (with Malesherbes and Deseze)
* Claude\-Étienne Delvincourt, also mentioned by [Victor Hugo](/wiki/Victor_Hugo "Victor Hugo") in [Les Misérables](/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables "Les Misérables") as professor of [Marius Pontmercy](/wiki/Marius_Pontmercy "Marius Pontmercy")
* [Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan](/wiki/Joseph_Louis_Elz%C3%A9ar_Ortolan "Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan")
* Paul Gide and Charles Gide, father and uncle of [André Gide](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gide "André Gide"), Nobel Prize in Literature 1947
* [Gustave Boissonade](/wiki/Gustave_Boissonade "Gustave Boissonade"), builder of the Japanese Civil Law during the [Meiji Era](/wiki/Meiji_Era "Meiji Era")
* [Émile Acollas](/wiki/%C3%89mile_Acollas "Émile Acollas"), one of the founders of the [League of Peace and Freedom](/wiki/League_of_Peace_and_Freedom "League of Peace and Freedom")
* [Louis Renault](/wiki/Louis_Renault_%28jurist%29 "Louis Renault (jurist)")

### 20th century

[thumb\|upright\=0\.8\|[René Cassin](/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cassin "René Cassin"), co\-author of the [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"), [Nobel Peace Prize](/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize "Nobel Peace Prize"), soldier during WW2](/wiki/File:Ren%C3%A9_Cassin_nobel.jpg "René Cassin nobel.jpg")
* [Gaston Jèze](/wiki/Gaston_J%C3%A8ze "Gaston Jèze"), French academic, humanitarian and human rights activist (including during WW2\)
* [André Weiss](/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Weiss "André Weiss")
* [Boris Mirkin\-Getzevich](/wiki/Boris_Mirkin-Getzevich "Boris Mirkin-Getzevich")
* [René Cassin](/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cassin "René Cassin"), known for co\-authoring the [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"), receiving the [Nobel Peace Prize](/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize "Nobel Peace Prize"), soldier during WW2
* [Georges Ripert](/wiki/Georges_Ripert "Georges Ripert")
* Henri Mazeaud (1939–1971, later professor emeritus from Paris II), twin brother of Léon Mazeaud, resistant to Nazi Germany and deported to [Buchenwald](/wiki/Buchenwald "Buchenwald")
* Léon Mazeaud, (1941–1970\), twin brother of Henri Mazeaud, resistant to Nazi Germany and deported to [Buchenwald](/wiki/Buchenwald "Buchenwald"), dead in a hiking accident
* [René Capitant](/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Capitant "René Capitant"), minister of Justice after WW2
* [René David](/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_David "René David") (1945–1968, went in 1968 to Aix\-Marseille University until 1976\), one of the most prominent professors of comparative law in the world in the 20th century, honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Brussels, Ottawa, Basel, Leicester and Helsinki, recipient of the [Amnesty International](/wiki/Amnesty_International "Amnesty International")'s [Erasmus Prize](/wiki/Erasmus_Prize "Erasmus Prize") in 1976\.
* Suzanne Bastid (1947–1977, Paris II from 1971\) was the first woman professor of Law of France, the first woman to be a member of the *Académie des sciences morales et politiques* Secretary General of the [Institute of International Law](/wiki/Institute_of_International_Law "Institute of International Law") (Nobel prize 1904\).
* [Georges Vedel](/wiki/Georges_Vedel "Georges Vedel") (1949–1979, Paris II from 1971\), former member of the [Constitutional Council of France](/wiki/Constitutional_Council_of_France "Constitutional Council of France")
* [Jean Carbonnier](/wiki/Jean_Carbonnier "Jean Carbonnier") (1955–1976, Paris II from 1971\), one of the most famous French professors in Law of the 20th Century.
* Gérard Cornu (born 1967, Paris II from 1971\), who wrote the new French Code of Civil Procedure in the late 1970s and is also well known in France for his Dictionary of Legal Vocabulary, translated in English.
* François Terré (1969–1999, Paris II from 1971\), president in 2008 of the legal section of the [Académie des sciences morales et politiques](/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_des_sciences_morales_et_politiques "Académie des sciences morales et politiques"), head of the private committee for the reform of French Law of Obligations.
* [Jacques Robert](/wiki/Jacques_Robert_%28jurist%29 "Jacques Robert (jurist)") (1969–1979, Paris II from 1971\), former member of the Constitutional Council of France


Who wrote the new French Code of Civil Procedure in the late 1970s?