• Convention of Mediterranean Jurists

    The Convention of the Mediterranean Jurists is an annual meeting that brings together the group of Mediterranean legal cultures and traditions The 8th Convention of the legal professionals of the Mediterranean took place in Madrid: “Legal standards in respect of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the Mediterranean region”. The Foundation pour le droit...
  • European Contract Law Project

    Since 2008, the Fondation supports the project for the development of a common frame of reference in the field of European contract law. In April 2008, the development in partnership with Professor Catala and the Association Henri Capitant, of a conference in the Senate on the subject of “International acceptance of the preliminary draft...
  • Award of Scholarship to a Chinese student

    For the 2008-2009 academic year: a one-year scholarship was awarded to Maolun Zhang, a Chinese student at Wuhan University, to take Master 2 courses on environmental law at the University of Sceaux. The year having been successfully completed, the scholarship recipient has involved himself in the Fondation’s activities in China, including those within his...
  • Award of Scholarships to Vietnamese Students

    In 2008, a scholarship has been awarded to two Vietnamese students of the regional Graduate School of Law of the French University Center in Hanoi. The two scholarship recipients, Nguyen Thi Hong Nhung “Protection of Copyright in Cyberspace” and Doan Thi Phuong Diep “Creating In Rem Security in Vietnam” received this scholarship up to...
  • Thesis prize 2010

    Four theses were selected: Bu Qingxiu: “The Development and the Design of the Derivative Action in Selected Jurisdictions” Li Bin: “The Protection of Property in China: Transformation of Internal Law and the Influence of International Law” Olivier Beydon: “Transplantation and Chinese Influence on the Legal System of Trademarks in China” Yang Caixia: “The Validity...
  • Thesis prize 2011

    Six thesis were selected: Freedom of contract in the law of the maritime transportation of goods, by Mr. Wei Hou Company groupings under French law and Chinese law, by Mr. Xinyu HU International Insolvency: a comparative study of Chinese law, of French law and of international instruments, by Ms. Lin JIANG A comparative study...
  • Thesis Prize 2013

    The Foundation for Continental Law supports legal research, encourages lawyer exchanges and promotes Continental law. To that end, it awards two prizes every year for theses in each of the following two categories: A thesis written and defended by a French or Chinese student on Chinese/French comparative law, or Chinese law and Continental law....
  • The Henry Capitant Law review

    Background Henri capitant 1 The Foundation is working with the Henri Capitant Association, a public service association founded in 1935, to create a continental law review whose special characteristics are its electronic and paper format, its open access and its English-French bilingualism. This review is called the Henry Capitant Law Review (HCLJ), which appears...
  • Environmental law

    The codification of environmental law is a new study subject in China. Sharing the continental law experience in this area makes it possible to answer questions about the codification technique and the combination of code stability and its necessary and proper adaptation. Codification is the theme on which Chinese legal professionals place the priority...
  • Romano – Germanic Law Brochure

    In 2008, the English Law Society issued a leaflet entitled “England and Wales, jurisdiction of choice” to promote the choice of English law and the choice of England as a jurisdictional forum to foreign corporate managers. In passing, the leaflet was openly critical of the quality of the civil law. A grouping of German...