Yearbook of French law 2015 to mid-2016

10|2016 Independant administrative authorities

11|2016 Yearbook of French Law 2015 to mid-2016

The Henri Capitant Association of friends of French legal culture
has developed various actions which all aim at the developement of
the methods and values of continental or civil legal culture.

The Association organises several Congresses. To start with, the
International Meetings, which have taken place since the founding
of the Association, have led to regular publications amounting
presently to more than 60 volumes. These Meetings, which take
place every year and concentrate on a topic related to different
branches of law (private or public law, national and international
law), bring together specialists of law from more than 30 countries
from all over Europe, America, Africa and Asia. In recent years,
the Henri Capitant Association has also organised International
Sessions on a smaller scale where two or more groups exchange
points of view on current issues.

The Henri Capitant Association has concentrated on French Civil
Law Reform which was initiated at the beginning of the twenty first
century. In the same way, the Association has actively participated in
the european group in charge of the Common Frame of Reference
in order to build a new contractual European law.

With the Revue de Droit Henri Capitant or Henri Capitant Law
Review, the Association has embarked upon a new adventure. The
undertaking is ambitious because this Review is drafted in two
languages - in French and in English - and is the object of a dual
publication, in digital format and in hard copy. But it is up to the
challenge, which seems vital to meet: ensuring a better knowledge
of the law of civil law countries, of their legislation, of their caselaw and of their doctrines, by supporting their dissemination
throughout the world. In order to succeed in this undertaking,
it would not be possible, in fact, to disregard either the English
language or the digital media, which have become means of
communication that are unavoidable. And although it is true
that translation carries a risk of betrayal, and particularly so with
regards to legal subject-matter, it is nonetheless a risk well worth
taking. After all, certain civil law jurisdictions, such as Québec, state
their laws in several languages.

Each issue of the Review, which will be published every six months,
will address either a single theme, selected for its interest from the
standpoint of comparative law, or will offer a Yearbook of French
law in various branches of law. The Review will bring together laws,
judicial decisions and studies of yesteryear, as well as of today.