[Ordonnances]
    MINUTES OF THE CONFERENCES HELD BY THE KING'S COMMISSIONERS AND THE DEPUTIES OF PARLIAMENT, FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE ARTICLES PROPOSED FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE CIVIL ORDINANCE OF APRIL 1667 AND THE CRIMINAL ORDINANCE OF AUGUST 1670
Édition :
    The Isle
Date :
    1697
    in-4, brown mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands decorated, marbled edges, (scratches on the covers and edges, lower headcap a little short, upper headcap worn, corners bumped, lower joints slightly split, some foxing and spotting), 2ff.-397-227 p.
    The very poor condition of the binding and, to a lesser extent, the interior of the book cannot be denied, but it must be emphasized that this is an absolutely essential work. It contains the deliberations of the conference, which included members of the King's Council and Parliament, on the draft civil and criminal ordinances of 1667 and 1670, based on the minutes kept by the conference clerk. The text comprises, article by article, the draft submitted to the conference, a summary of its deliberations, and the final adopted text. It is therefore a striking precursor to the Council of State's opinion on the Civil Code. An examination of the deliberations reveals a considerable degree of freedom of expression on the part of the Council members. Thus, on the question of torture, the President declares that, personally, he would favor its abolition when its purpose is to extract a confession, which testifies to the debates that were emerging even before the 18th century in circles closest to power on this issue (Criminal Ordinance, p. 224). This edition is the first to present the complete text of these deliberations (Camus no. 702).

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Mots-clés : Ordinances, Ancient Law

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