Jean Foyer was a French politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university. He wrote several books about French Civil law

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...

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Political career

Between 1962 and 1967, he was Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (France)

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, during this time he directed several important legal reforms on several subject (family, ownership and business, nationality, etc...).

Between 1972 and 1973, he was Minister of Health

Minister of Health (France)

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Between 1959 and 1968, he was a member of the Union for the New Republic, then between 1968 and 1978 he was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic and finally from 1978 until 1988 he was a member of the Rally for the Republic

Rally for the Republic

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