Droit et humanisme

Autour de Jean Papon, juriste forezien

edited by Mireille Delmas-Marty, Antoine Jeammaud and Olivier Leclerc

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Extent: 276 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies

Series: Esprit des Lois, Esprit des Lettres

Series volume number: 6

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(August 2015)

ISBN: 9782812435997

Price: $41.00

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Jean Papon was a notable figure of humanism in Forez. As a legal practitioner, he exercised the functions of judge and wrote on the law of his time. This work explores Jean Papon’s oeuvre and its inscription in the Renaissance. The current state of rapports between law and humanism are also examined.


Jean Papon was a notable figure of humanism in Forez. As a legal practitioner, he exercised the functions of judge and wrote on the law of his time. This work explores Jean Papon’s oeuvre and its inscription in the Renaissance. The current state of rapports between law and humanism are also examined.

  • Edited by Mireille Delmas-Marty
  • Edited by Antoine Jeammaud
  • Edited by Olivier Leclerc

Review - French Jean Papon (1507-1590) fut une figure notable de l'humanisme en Forez. Juriste, il exerca des fonctions de juge et produisit des ecrits sur le droit de son temps. C'est a ce croisement du droit et de l'humanisme que cet ouvrage est consacre. Il propose une exploration approfondie de l'oeuvre de Jean Papon et de son inscription dans la Renaissance. Cette perspective historique est prolongee par des reflexions sur l'actualite des rapports entre droit et humanisme a l'heure de la mondialisation.
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