Great Christian Jurists in French History

French legal culture, from the Middle Ages to the present day, has had an impressive influence on legal norms and institutions that have emerged in Europe and the Americas, as well as in Asian and African countries. This volume examines the lives of twenty-seven key legal thinkers in French history, with a focus on how their Christian faith and ideals were a factor in framing the evolution of French jurisprudence. Professors Olivier Descamps and Rafael Domingo bring together this diverse group of distinguished legal scholars and historians to provide a unique comparative study of law and religion that will be of value to scholars, lawyers, and students. The collaboration among French and non-French scholars, and the diversity of international and methodological perspectives, gives this volume its own unique character and value to add to this fascinating series.

Introduction Olivier Descamps and Rafael Domingo; 1. Ivo de Chartres (Yves de Chartres) Christof Rolker; 2. Stephen of Tournai (Étienne de Tournai) Ken Pennington; 3. Guillaume Durand Orazio Condorelli; 4. Jacques de Revigny Paul J. du Plessis; 5. Pierre de Belleperche Yves Mausen; 6. Charles Dumoulin Wim Decock; 7. John Calvin (Jean Calvin) John Witte, Jr; 8. Jacques Cujas Xavier Prevost; 9. Francois Hotman Mathias Schmoeckel; 10. Hugues Doneau Christian Hattenhauer; 11. Jean Bodin Daniel Lee; 12. Jean Domat David Gilles; 13. Henri François d'Aguesseau Isabelle Brancourt; 14. Robert-Joseph Pothier Olivier Descamps; 15. Jean-Etienne-Marie Portalis Nicolas Laurent-Bonne; 16. Alexis de Tocqueville Mary Ann Glendon; 17. Paul Viollet Anne-Sophie Chambost; 18. Paul Fournier Brigitte Basdevant-Gaudemet and Rafael Domingo; 19. Raymond Saleilles Marco Sabbioneti; 20. Maurice Hauriou Julien Barroche; 21. Léon Duguit M. C. Mirow; 22. Georges Ripert Frédéric Audren; 23. Jacques Maritain William Sweet; 24. Robert Schuman Rafael Domingo; 25. Gabriel Le Bras Kathleen Cushing; 26. Jean Carbonnier Laetitia Guerlain; 27. Michel Villey Luisa Brunori; Index.

Olivier Descamps is Professor of law and legal history at the Panthéon-Assas University in Paris, France, and Managing Director of the Institute of Legal History of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. A specialist in legal history, canon law, and comparative law, he has authored or edited five books, including Les sources du droit à l'aune de la pratique (2018) and Le statut du magistrat (forthcoming). Professor Descamps is coeditor of the Revue historique de droit français et étranger, one of the leading journals in legal history worldwide.
Rafael Domingo is the Spruill Family Research Professor at Emory University, Atlanta, and ICS Professor of Law at the Universidad de Navarra, Spain. A specialist in legal history, legal theory, ancient Roman law, and comparative law, he has authored or edited more than twenty books, including The New Global Law (Cambridge, 2010), God and the Secular Legal System (Cambridge, 2016), Roman Law: An Introduction (2018), and Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History (Cambridge, 2018).