''Civil Law Commentaries'' is an open access publication of th
Eason-Weinmann Center for Comparative Law
at the

Tulane University Law School Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States. In addition to the usual common ...

. It is published online annually and is a student-edited publication dedicated to the study of the

Louisiana Civil Code The ''Louisiana Civil Code'' (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. The Louisiana Civil Code is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States: substantive law between ...

and the state's long

civilian Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not " combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant ...

tradition. ''Civil Law Commentaries'' publishes articles by law professors, judges, attorneys, and students on private law and

comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the ...

topics, favoring those related to

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

law and legal history. The journal also publishes book reviews, notes, comments, and English translations of legal works.

Advisors and editors

* A. N. Yiannopoulos, Editor Emeritus * Brandon Thibodeaux, editor in chief, 2008–09 * Francisco A. Besosa-Martinez, editor in chief, 2009–10

External links

* American law journals Tulane University Law School Louisiana law Publications established in 2008 Annual journals English-language journals {{law-journal-stub