François Connan

François Connan (1508 – 1551, in Paris) was a French jurist who took part in the humanist development of an historical jurisprudence.

He was a student of Andrea Alciato at the University of Bourges where he was a fellow student and friend of John Calvin.

[1] He later and became one of the university's most distinguished epigone.

His most celebrated work is the Commentaria iuris civilis (Paris, 1538) an analysis of Roman law and legal theory.

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