Marcel Planiol
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| Born | 23 September 1853 Nantes, France |
| Died | 31 August 1931 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Professor of Law |
Marcel Planiol (23 September 1853 – 31 August 1931) was a French professor of law at the University of Rennes, then at the Sorbonne. He wrote on the law and on historical Brittany. He is known for his Elementary Treatise of Civil Law (1901), which attempted to explain French civil law in terms of elementary principles, particularly the maxims of Roman law.
Marcel Planiol was born on 23 September 1853 in Nantes, Atlantique.[1] His parents were Amand Planiol and Julie Élisabeth Laporte. He married in Rennes on 4 May 1885 to Madeleine Jeanne Claudel (1864–1947). They had a son, "Maurice" Amand Jules Planiol (1886–1963).[2]
Planiol studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris, and wrote his thesis on Droit romain : Des bénéfices accordés aux héritiers. Droit français : Du bénéfice d'inventaire in 1879.[3] He obtained his agrégation (teaching license) in 1880, and was accepted by the University of Grenoble as a teacher of civil law, Roman law and tax law. He was elected to the University of Rennes in 1882, then to the Sorbonne in 1887, where he succeeded Charles Beudant.[4] Planiol was made a Professor at the Paris Faculty of Law.[1] He taught Roman law, inheritance, labour law, patent law and criminal law.[4]
In 1899 Planiol began work on the Traité élémentaire de droit civil (Elementary Treatise of Civil Law), which would make his reputation.[4] His son died at the age of 20 during World War I (1914–18). After the war Planiol gave up teaching.[4] Georges Ripert was called to Paris in 1919 as a substitute for Planiol.[5] Ripert was given responsibility for revisions to the Traité élémentaire de droit civil. Later Planiol and Ripert co-authored the Traité pratique de droit civil (Practical Treatise on Civil Law).[4] Ripert undertook revision of this treatise, which became a work edited by Ripert but with several other authors.[6]
Marcel Planiol died on 31 August 1931 in Paris at the age of 77.[2]
