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Subjects taught

History of law - L1 law; History of legal thought - L2 law; History of obligations - L2 law; History of justice - L3 law; History of the legal professions - M2 law; History of family law (DU Nîmes); History of secularism (DU Montpellier)

Structure(s)

Component and department


Law Department
UFR Law, Economics, Management

Research topics

History of justice; History of criminal law and procedure; History of the judiciary; History of colonial law and institutions

Biography

Biography Senior lecturer (HDR) in the history of law and institutions

  • Defence & Security Officer (REDS)
  • Member of the CAPA jury
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Avignon Université (2019-2023)
  • 2018-2023: Head of Licence 1 in Law
  • 2014-2016: Vice-dean of studies for the Law, Economics and Management Department at the University of Avignon
  • 2011-2013: Head of the Bachelor's degree in public administration
  • 2010: Visiting professor at Laval University in Quebec City
Main publications : Louis Guillaume Verrier (1690-1758): Attorney-General of the Quebec Superior Council,  Quebec, Septentrion, 2024. Colonial justice and society in New France: the trial of the Amerindian slave Marie in 1759, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2021. French Grenada and its colonial institutions: between exchange and dependenceParis, L'Harmattan, 2021. Criminal justice in New France (1670-1760): the Grand Arrangement, Dijon, EUD, 2012. Judicial Torture in the France of the Ancien Régime: Insights into the QuestionDijon, EUD, 2011.

Publications

See CV

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