Civil Law Commentaries is an open access publication of the Eason-Weinmann Center for Comparative Law at the Tulane University Law School

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....

. It is published online annually and a student-edited publication dedicated to the study of the Louisiana Civil Code and the state's long civilian

Civil law (legal system)

Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...

 tradition.

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

Private law

Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts or torts, as it is called in the common law, and the law of obligations as it is called in civilian legal systems...

 and comparative law

Comparative law

Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law of different countries. More specifically, it involves study of the different legal systems in existence in the world, including the common law, the civil law, socialist law, Islamic law, Hindu law, and Chinese law...

 topics, favoring those related to Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

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

Advisors and editors

• A. N. Yiannopoulos
  A. N. Yiannopoulos
  Athanassios Nicholas Yiannopoulos is a former professor at Tulane University Law School, expert on civil law and comparative law, founder of the Civil Law Commentaries.-External links:...
  
  , Editor Emeritus
• Brandon Thibodeaux, editor in chief
  Editor in chief
  An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
  
  , 2008-09
• Francisco A. Besosa-Martinez, editor in chief, 2009-10