Eguinaire François, Baron de Kerlouan (1495–1550) was a French jurist. He is also variously referred to as Baro, ''Eguinaire Baron'', ''Eguinarius Baro'', ''Eguinarius Baron'', ''Eguinar Baro'' or ''Eguin Baron''.
Baro studied law in
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetà e'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
,
Paris,
Orléans and
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
, probably with
Alciati Alciati is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Andrea Alciato, or Alciati (1492–1550) (Andreas Alciatus), Italian jurist
* Dr. Gian Paolo Alciati della Motta (1515–1573) Italian Calvinist
* Francesco Alciati (1522–1 ...
. He taught
Roman law in
Angers after 1538 and in 1542, with
Douaren, in Bourges.
Together with
Budaeus, Alciati,
Connan and others, Baro was among the founders of
Humanist jurisprudence in France. He was the first to refer to the ''ius gallicum'',
French law, as such, and pioneered the use of
paratitla, brief summaries of
Pandects titles, in his ''Ad Digesta seu Pandectas Manualium libri septem''. His other works include extensive commentaries and monographs on Roman and
feudal law
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...
.
Works
* ''Pandectarum juris civilis œconomia in adversariis miræ vetustatis apud Pictones inventa'', Poitiers, Jean et Enguilbert de Marnef, 1535.
* ''Institutionum civilium ab Justiniano Cæsare editarum libri IV, bipartito commentario quam brevissime illustrati ; cujus pars altera Romanum, altera Gallicum jus ad singulos titulos complectitur ; ad illustriss. principem Navarr. reginam'', 1546 ; Poitiers, Jean et Enguilbert de Marnef, 1555.
* ''Eguinarii Baronis jurisconsulti Variarum quæstionum publice tractatarum ad Digesta juris civilis I., de jurisdictione ; cui accessit decretum ordinis juris professorum apud Bituriges de ordine, via & ratione interpretandi juris'', Lyon,
Sébastien Gryphe, 1548.
* ''Methodus ad Obertum Ortensium de beneficiis, in libros quattuor divisa : Tôn prôtôn, I ; De acquirendo beneficio, II ; De abalienando & amittendo vel contra, III ; De judiciis ad beneficia pertinentibus, IV'', Lyon,
Sébastien Gryphe, 1549.
*
* ''De ratione docendi discendique juris civilis'', 1552 ; Pisa, 1769–71.
References
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16th-century French lawyers
French Renaissance humanists
1495 births
1550 deaths
French male non-fiction writers
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