the former grounds of Société Marinoni. At the time of its inauguration, its main lecture theatre was the largest in France, with 1,700 seats Notable faculty 1100–1679 Andrea Alciato, founder of legal humanism 1679–1793 Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud, author of the French Enlightenment and professor of law at the Paris Law Faculty 19th century Francois Denis Tronchet, president of the commission for the creation of the French Civil Code and lawyer of Louis XVI of France at his trial (with Malesherbes and Deseze) Claude-Étienne Delvincourt, also mentioned by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables as professor of Marius Pontmercy Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan Paul Gide and Charles Gide, father and uncle of André Gide, Nobel Prize in Literature 1947 Gustave Boissonade, builder of the Japanese Civil Law during the Meiji Era Émile Acollas, one of the founders of the League of Peace and Freedom Louis Renault 20th century Gaston Jèze, French academic, humanitarian and human rights activist (including during WW2) André Weiss Boris Mirkin-Getzevich René Cassin, known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, soldier during WW2 Georges Ripert Henri Mazeaud (1939–1971, later professor emeritus from Paris II), twin brother of Léon Mazeaud, resistant to Nazi Germany and deported to Buchenwald Léon Mazeaud, (1941–1970), twin brother of Henri Mazeaud, resistant to Nazi Germany and deported to Buchenwald, dead in a hiking accident René Capitant, minister of Justice after WW2 René David (1945–1968, went in 1968 to Aix-Marseille University until 1976), one of the most prominent professors of comparative law in the world in the 20th century, honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Brussels, Ottawa, Basel, Leicester and Helsinki, recipient of the Amnesty International's Erasmus Prize in 1976. Suzanne Bastid (1947–1977, Paris II from 1971) was the first woman professor of Law of France, the first woman to be a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Secretary General of the Institute of International Law (Nobel prize 1904). Georges Vedel (1949–1979, Paris II from 1971), former member of the Constitutional Council of France Jean Carbonnier (1955–1976, Paris II from 1971), one of the most famous French professors in Law of the 20th Century. Gérard Cornu (born 1967, Paris II from 1971), 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. François Terré (1969–1999, Paris II