Publisher : F. Loviton
Domat-Montchrestien, Paris, 1933.
The Thesis was published later by les Editions
Domat-Montchrestien
(Paris,1933) under the title
"L'engagement
des personnes en droit annamite"("The debt-pledging
of persons in Annamese
law") with a
preface of Professor René Maunier, in the series "Etudes de sociologie
et d'ethnologie juridiques"("Studies in sociology and legal
ethnology").
Full
text of the Doctoral Thesis "Le
nantissement des
personnes
dans l'ancien
droit annamite", PDF files, issued from the copy belonging
to Mr Dang Trinh Ky's heirs (these files may
be downloaded
for personal use):
Introduction
Preliminary
Chapter
: Sources of slavery and the condition of
slaves in the Annamese city (Les sources de
l'esclavage et la
condition des
esclaves dans la cité annamite).
First
Chapter
: Causes and origin of the pawning of persons
(Causes et origine du nantissement des
personnes).
Chapter
II
: People who may be pledged as security for
debt. Legal basis of the institution (Personnes
susceptibles d'être placées en
nantissement.
Fondement juridique de l'institution).
Chapter
IIII
: Nature and conditions of the contract of
pawning (Nature et conditions du contrat de
nantissement).
Chapter
IV
: Effects of the contract of pawning (Effets
du contrat de nantissement).
Chapter
V
: Termination of the contract (Extinction
du contrat).
Chapter
VI
: A special case of pawning :
the anomalous son-in-law (Un cas particulier d'engagement
pour dette :
le gendre
anomal).
Chapter
VII
: Attitude of the French
legislator. Legislation and case law (Attitude du
législateur français. Législation
et
jurisprudence).
Conclusion
Bibliography
Contents
Availability in libraries : One
or the two books may be found in various French libraries (ask
the
Catalogue
collectif de France )
or American libraries : Library of
congress ,
Columbia,
Harvard ( title 1 and title 2) ,
Yale
( title 1 and title 2),
California,
...
The thesis has been microfiled as Microfiches
by the foundation
"Human
Relations Area Files" with notes :
English translation also in Files : "The pledging of persons as
security
for debt in ancient Annamese law"
( Human
Relations Area Files collection of Ethnography – or HRAF–
are considered as the largest ethnographic database in the
world)