Berriat-Saint-Prix, Prescription (1841)

Author(s): Jacques Berriat-Saint-Prix (1769-1845)

Title: Memoire sur la durée et la suspension de la prescription

Remarks:

Berriat-Saint-Prix was born in Grenoble of a legal dynasty, and his two sons also became jurists. He graduated baccalaureate in law in 1787 at the university of Orange. He also studied natural sciences. Berriat-Saint-Prix occupied several posts in the Revolutionary years and then served as professor of law at Grenoble 1805-1819, before moving to a chair of civil procedure at Paris University. He adhered closely to Napoleon's cause. He became a member of the Société des antiquaires de France in 1820 and was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1840. His legal works included observations on and a history of Roman law (1807, 1821) and courses in criminal procedure (1813) and criminal law (1817). Edition(s) (this copy in bold): 1841 Provenance of this copy: St John Robilliard Collection

Further reading:

G. Chianéa, "Berriat-Saint-Prix, Jacques" in P. Arabeyre, J-L Halpérin, and J. Krynen (ed.), Dictionnaire historique des juristes français xii^e -- xx^e siècle (Paris, 2007). H. Pullum, "The meaning of extinctive prescription in Guernsey", Jersey and Guernsey Law Review, xx (2016), 173-189.