Loisel, Institutes Coutumières (1611)

Author(s): Antoine Loisel (1536-1617)

Title: Institutes Coutumières ou manuel de plusieurs et diverses reigles, sentences, et proverbes, tant anciens que modernes, du Droict Coustumier et plus ordinaire de la France

Remarks:

The author, a follower of Cujas, became an advocate of the Paris parlement in 1560, and procureur général of the city a few years later. He was a humanist defender of monarchical law, incorporating in this collection of maxims a combination of Customary and Roman laws relevant to France. Edition(s) (this copy in bold): 1607, 1608, 1611, 1637, 1679, 1710, 1758, 1783, 1846, 1935 (reprints edn of 1611, ed. Michel Reulos). Provenance of this copy: Adv. GSK Dawes

Further reading:

J-L. Thireau, "Loisel, Antoine" in P. Arabeyre, J-L Halpérin, and J. Krynen (ed.), Dictionnaire historique des juristes français xii^e -- xx^e siècle (Paris, 2007).