Carbonnier (1955–1976), who reformed huge parts of the French Civil Code in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially in family law. Gérard Cornu (1967-...), who wrote the new French Code of Civil Procedure in the late 1970s and is also well known in France for his Dictionary of Legal Vocabulary, translated in English. Serge Guinchard, head of the first Judicial Studies Institutes of France (in Panthéon-Assas) in the 1990s and head of several governmental commissions for criminal procedure and criminal law reforms in the 2000s in France, Senegal and for the Council of Europe. Pierre Catala, who reformed inheritance law and law of donations with Jean Carbonnier in the 2000s, and who initiated the reform of French contract law, tort Law and law of evidence, and was the head of the official committee for its reform François Terré (1969–1999), president in 2008 of the legal section of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, head of the private committee for the reform of French Law of Obligations. Jean-Claude Martinez (1983–...), special advisor of King Hassan II of Morocco supervising the creation of the first Moroccan Tax Code Members of the Institut de France The Institut de France is a learned society which was created as such in 1795 and maintained close links with Napoléon Bonaparte. It regroups 5 Académies, by subject (Science, Arts and the 3 other listed below). Suzanne Bastid, faculty of Panthéon-Assas and first woman professor of law of France, has been the first female member of the history of the whole Institut de France. Among its members or former members, there are: Académie des sciences morales et politiques (Philosophy, Law and Politics): Suzanne Bastid, Prosper Weil, François Terré, Pierre Delvolvé, Yves Gaudemet, Henri Mazeaud (1939–...), Roland Drago and Louis Vogel. Suzanne Bastid and François Terré have both served as presidents of the Académie. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (History), created in 1663 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert under Louis XIV: Albert Rigaudière. Académie Française (Language), created in 1635 by the cardinal de Richelieu: Georges Vedel. Judiciary Among faculties that had prominent positions in the Judiciary, there are: Georges Vedel (1949–1979), former member of the Constitutional Council of France. Jacques Robert (1969–1979), former member of the Constitutional Council of France. Philippe Ardant, former President of the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra and former president of the Arab World Institute. Dominique Chagnollaud, former member of the Supreme Court of