For those of you not signed up for posts from Steve Hedley's very useful Private Law Theory blog: the bon pere is leaving France, to be replaced by the odious reasonable person.  Apologies for this being a double or triple cross-posting for many of you.

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From: Private Law Theory <s.hedley@ucc.ie>
Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:52 AM
Subject: [Private Law Theory] A Farewell to the bon père de famille
To: s.hedley@ucc.ie

Private Law Theory has posted a new item, ' A Farewell to the bon père de
famille'

"The 21st of January 2014 was a historic moment for private law in Europe. On
that day, the French Assemblée Nationale agreed to eliminate any reference to
the bon père de famille (the good housefather) from French legislation. The
term is still present at fifteen places scattered across the French Civil Code
and other statutes. [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://private-law-theory.org/?p=4194

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Private Law Theory
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