Hugues Doneau

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Hugues Doneau
(Hugo Donellus)
University of Leiden, Altdorf Academy

Hugues Doneau, commonly referred also by the Latin form Hugo Donellus (23 December 1527, in Chalon-sur-Saône – 4 May 1591, in Altdorf bei Nürnberg), was a French law professor and one of the leading representatives of French legal humanism (mos Gallicus).

Life

Doneau, who was born into a well-respected family, studied law in

Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
). He died in Altdorf in 1591.

Doneau was one of the French jurists who followed the example of

Digest. Doneau also made major contributions to various specialised areas of law such as the doctrine of possession and acquisition of ownership
.

Works

Commentarius ad titulum Digestorum De praescriptis verbis et in factum actionibus, 1574
  • Commentaria in tit. Pandectarum de usuris, nautico fonere, de fructibus, causa et accessionibus et de mora, Paris 1556
    • Commentaria in titulos Padectarum de usuris, nautico fonere, de fructibus, causa et accessionibus et de mora (in Latin). Paris: apud Gulielmum Rouillium. 1558.
  • Ad legem Justiniani de sententiis quae pro eo quod interset proferuntur, sive de eo quod interest, liber Paris 1561, Neustadt 1580, Altdorf 1589, also published as a Donello recognitus (Ap. Carterium 1596, Leiden 1630)
  • Commentaria Ad tit. Dig. De rebus dubiis, Bouges 1571, Antwerp 1584
  • Commentaria Ad tit. Cod. De pactis et transactt., Bouges 1572, Paris 1573, Colonia 1574
  • Zachariae Furnestri Defensio pro justo et innocente tot millium animarum sanguine in Gallia effuso adversus Molucii calumnias, 1573, 1579
  • Commentarius ad titulum Digestorum De praescriptis verbis et in factum actionibus (in Latin). Heidelberg: Heinrich Mayer, Matthaeus Harnisch. 1574.
  • Commentaria ad tit. Inst. De actionibus, Antwerp 1581, 1596, 1620
  • Tractatus de pignoribus et hypothecis, Frankfurt
  • Tractatus de aedilitio edicto, evictionibus, et duplae stipulatione, de probationibus, fide instrumentorum et testibus, Frankfurt
  • Commentaria Ad tit. Dig de rebus creditis seu munto, de jurejurando, de in litem jurando, condictione ex lege, triticiaria, et de eo quod certo loco, Antwerp 1582, Frankfurt 1626
  • Commentaria Ad Codicis Justinianei partes quasdam, 1587
  • Commentaria Ad tit. Digestorum de diversis regulis juris, Antwerp
  • Commentaria Ad tit. Dig. De Verborum obligationibus, Frankfurt 1599
  • Commentarium de jure civili viginti octo, in quibus jus civile universum singulari artificatio atque doctrina explicatum continetur, Frankfurt 1595, 1596
  • Hugonis Donelli opera postuma et aliorum quaedam, ex biblotheca Sciponis Gentilis, Hannover 1604
  • Opera cur. e Barth. Franc. Pellegrini, published together in Luzern 1762–1770 in 12 volumes.
    • [Works] (in Latin). Vol. 12. 1770.
  • Commentarii de iuri civili
  • Commentarii in selectos quosdam titulos Digestorum

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