The responsibility of parents to their children from the 16th to the 19th Centuries
The history of parents' liability between the XVIth and the XIXth century is the history of the progressive acceptance of this institution during the three centuries that preceded the French Revolution, its official recognition by the civil Code in 1804 and its further denial towards the end of the XIXth century.Criminal law, which has served as a basis for the civil liability regime, has long been an obstacle to admit parents' liability for a damage committed by their children.