Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ivo of Chartres (Yves de Chartres)
- 2 Stephen of Tournai (Étienne de Tournai)
- 3 Guillaume Durand
- 4 Jacques de Revigny
- 5 Pierre de Belleperche
- 6 Charles Dumoulin
- 7 John Calvin
- 8 Jacques Cujas
- 9 François Hotman
- 10 Hugues Doneau
- 11 Jean Bodin
- 12 Jean Domat
- 13 Henri François d’Aguesseau
- 14 Robert-Joseph Pothier
- 15 Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
- 16 Alexis de Tocqueville
- 17 Paul Viollet
- 18 Paul Fournier
- 19 Raymond Saleilles
- 20 Maurice Hauriou
- 21 Léon Duguit
- 22 Georges Ripert
- 23 Jacques Maritain
- 24 Robert Schuman
- 25 Gabriel Le Bras
- 26 Jean Carbonnier
- 27 Michel Villey
- Index
- References
26 - Jean Carbonnier
(1908–2003)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2019
Book contents
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Law and Christianity
- Great Christian Jurists in French History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ivo of Chartres (Yves de Chartres)
- 2 Stephen of Tournai (Étienne de Tournai)
- 3 Guillaume Durand
- 4 Jacques de Revigny
- 5 Pierre de Belleperche
- 6 Charles Dumoulin
- 7 John Calvin
- 8 Jacques Cujas
- 9 François Hotman
- 10 Hugues Doneau
- 11 Jean Bodin
- 12 Jean Domat
- 13 Henri François d’Aguesseau
- 14 Robert-Joseph Pothier
- 15 Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
- 16 Alexis de Tocqueville
- 17 Paul Viollet
- 18 Paul Fournier
- 19 Raymond Saleilles
- 20 Maurice Hauriou
- 21 Léon Duguit
- 22 Georges Ripert
- 23 Jacques Maritain
- 24 Robert Schuman
- 25 Gabriel Le Bras
- 26 Jean Carbonnier
- 27 Michel Villey
- Index
- References
Summary
This intellectual portrait of Protestant French law professor Jean Carbonnier (1908–2003) stresses the religious aspects of his legal thought. A specialist in civil law and founder of the discipline of legal sociology, Carbonnier was one of the most influential twentieth-century jurists. Following the Lutheran doctrine of the two kingdoms, Carbonnier, though a member of several Protestant institutions, thought that the state and the church should be separated. However, his faith influenced his legal thought in two different ways. First, Carbonnier’s vision of law was essentially pessimistic, holding that law, as humanity itself, is always sinful and corrupted, so the state should avoid making laws whenever possible. This idea influenced his legal sociology. Second, Carbonnier’s conception of law was pluralist, in that he favored a liberalization of law – for instance, family law – in a spirit of tolerance and civil peace. This perspective enabled him to modernize French family law by writing the draft legalislation of the important civil law reforms adopted between 1964 and 1975.
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- Great Christian Jurists in French History , pp. 433 - 446Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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