Jean Escarra
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Jean Escarra French
legal scholar, consultant of the Chinese government and professor at the Faculté de Droit de Paris
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Escarra is most known for having worked as a legal consultant of the Chinese government between 1921 and 1929, providing advice in reforming the Chinese legal system and was a key participant in designing the Chinese civil code of 1929. He also wrote a number of important works on Chinese law and society, which are still consulted.
In France, he was the president of the commission on intellectual property
, which was established in August 1944 and eventually paved the way for the 1957 law on literary and artistic property. He was a collaborator of the journal "Copyright – Geistiges Eigentum – La Propriété Intellectuelle. International Review of the Protection of Literary, Artistic and Industrial Property" from 1935 till 1940.
Escarra is also known for having organized alpine expeditions in his capacity as president of the Groupe de Haute Montagne.
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legal scholar, consultant of the Chinese government and professor at the Faculté de Droit de Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
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Escarra is most known for having worked as a legal consultant of the Chinese government between 1921 and 1929, providing advice in reforming the Chinese legal system and was a key participant in designing the Chinese civil code of 1929. He also wrote a number of important works on Chinese law and society, which are still consulted.
In France, he was the president of the commission on intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
, which was established in August 1944 and eventually paved the way for the 1957 law on literary and artistic property. He was a collaborator of the journal "Copyright – Geistiges Eigentum – La Propriété Intellectuelle. International Review of the Protection of Literary, Artistic and Industrial Property" from 1935 till 1940.
Escarra is also known for having organized alpine expeditions in his capacity as president of the Groupe de Haute Montagne.
Works
- La Chine et le droit international. Paris: A. Pedone, 1931.
- Le Droit Chinois. Conception et évolution. Paris: Librairie du Recueil Sirey, 1936.
- La Chine, Passé et Présent. 1937.
- La Doctrine française du droit d’auteur, en collaboration avec François Hepp et Jean Rault, 1937.