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| Revue historique de droit français et étranger | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue historique de droit français et étranger |
| Discipline | Legal history |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Librairie Dalloz |
| Country | France |
| History | 19th century–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Revue historique de droit français et étranger is a French legal-historical journal founded in the 19th century that publishes research on the history of law in France and abroad. It appears in print and digital formats and addresses audiences in academia, archives, and legal institutions. The journal has featured scholarship relating to major figures, institutions, and events across European and global legal history.
Founded amid debates following the Revolution of 1848 and the development of institutions such as the Conseil d'État and the Cour de cassation, the journal emerged alongside periodicals like the Revue des deux Mondes and the Journal des Débats. Early editors corresponded with scholars associated with the École des Chartes, the Collège de France, and the Université de Paris. The publication recorded legal responses to the Code civil des Français and commented on comparative issues raised by the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna. Through the Third Republic and the interwar years, contributors addressed jurisprudence linked to the Dreyfus affair, the Statute of Westminster 1931, and debates around the League of Nations. Post-1945 volumes engaged with rulings from the Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, the Nuremberg Trials, and constitutional developments in the Fifth Republic (France). The journal has documented intersections with scholarly movements centered at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Institut de France, and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
The journal's remit covers medieval sources such as materials from the Capetian dynasty and the Holy Roman Empire, early modern issues involving the Edict of Nantes and the Peace of Westphalia, as well as modern topics related to the Paris Commune, the Treaty of Versailles (1919), and the European Union. It publishes work on legal institutions including the Parlement of Paris, the Roman Curia, and the Court of Justice of the European Union, and on jurists such as Montesquieu, Jean Bodin, Rousseau, Domat, and Savigny. Comparative studies address law in contexts like the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, the Kingdom of Spain, and the United States Constitution. Editorial lines often juxtapose archival discoveries from collections at the Archives nationales (France), the Vatican Secret Archives, and the Public Record Office with theoretical reflections inspired by figures like Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Michel Foucault.
Published by houses historically including Librairie Dalloz and distributed through libraries such as the Bibliothèque publique d'information and university presses, the journal has maintained a quarterly schedule linked to institutions like the Société d'histoire du droit. Issues typically include articles, notes, book reviews, and critical editions of sources such as capitularies or royal ordinances. The editorial board has historically been composed of professors from the Université de Strasbourg, the Université de Lyon, the Université de Rennes, the Université de Montpellier, and the Sorbonne. Production and indexing have involved catalogues like those of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and repositories associated with the École normale supérieure.
Contributors have included historians and jurists such as François Guizot, Félix Pécaut, Émile Boutmy, Ernest Lavisse, André Siegfried, Paul Fournier, Gustave Boissonade, Georges Ripert, Maurice Hauriou, Charles Eisenmann, Henri Capitant, Jean Carbonnier, Fernand Braudel, Jacques Rossiaud, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, and Lucien Febvre. Landmark articles examined topics ranging from feudal law and canon law to colonial legislation and international arbitration, discussing episodes like the Albigensian Crusade, the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Spanish Constitution of 1812, the Glorious Revolution, and the Treaty of Utrecht. The journal has published annotated texts of sources such as the Constitutions of Clarendon, charters from the Magna Carta, and excerpts from the Corpus Juris Civilis.
Scholars have cited the journal in debates over the origins of institutions like the Parlement de Toulouse and the Curia regis, and in comparative projects involving the Napoleonic Code and the German Civil Code (BGB). Its influence can be traced in historiographical shifts inspired by works associated with the Annales School, major symposia at the Collège de France, and conferences hosted by the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions. Reviews in outlets such as the Revue des études historiques and citations in monographs on figures like Cardinal Richelieu and Napoleon Bonaparte reflect its standing. Institutional archives at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and references in catalogues of the League of Nations Archives attest to its role in shaping legal-historical scholarship.
The journal is catalogued in major bibliographic services including the Bibliothèque nationale de France catalogue, university library systems at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Université de Strasbourg, and specialized indices maintained by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle for historical legal materials. Back issues are held in repositories such as the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, the British Library, the Library of Congress, and digital collections aligned with the Gallica platform. Access is provided through institutional subscriptions, interlibrary loan networks coordinated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique and the European Research Council frameworks, and through historical bibliographies compiled by the International Federation for Public History.
Category:Legal history journals