Georges Ripert was a lawyer who was briefly Secretary of State for Public Instruction and Youth in the Vichy Regime.
10 Facts About Georges Ripert
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Georges Ripert undertook the revision of the Traite pratique de droit civil francais by Marcel Planiol, which became a work edited by Georges Ripert but with several authors.
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The 3-volume Traite elementaire de droit civil by Planiol et Georges Ripert was rewritten by Georges Ripert and Jean Boulanger.
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On 6 September 1940 Georges Ripert was named Secretary of State for Public Instruction and Youth, replacing Emile Mireaux.
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Georges Ripert returned to his position as Dean of the Faculty of Law of Paris.
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Georges Ripert remained a member of the National Council of Vichy throughout the war.
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Georges Ripert invited students to study National Socialist law objectively.
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Georges Ripert was Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law in Paris until 1958.
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Georges Ripert remained conservative, and his Declin du droit strongly criticized the post-war juridical situation.
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Georges Ripert died suddenly in the morning of 4 July 1958 while correcting the proofs of the 3rd edition of his Traite- de droit commercial.