Bernard Keith Vetter

Ted and Louana Frois Distinguished Professor of International Law Studies
B.A., 1962, LL.B., 1964, Louisiana State University; LL.M., 1965, George Washington University Graduate School of Public Law.

Prior to joining the faculty at Loyola, Professor Vetter served as Acting Chief Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C. His initial interests included property and urban planning law. During the seventies, he drafted one of the country's first Demolition Moratorium Ordinances, which played an important role in the preservation of the architecture on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. His present interests include the Civil Code, comparative law and legal history. Professor Vetter has lectured on comparative and civil law topics at law schools and universities in Japan, Yugoslavia, Russia, Hungary, France, Holland, England, Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil, and has taught at the law school of the Universite Jean Moulin in Lyon, France.

E-mail: bkvetter@loyno.edu
Office Phone: 504-861-5654

Publications

Books:

• “Louisiana Creditors’ Security Rights: Vol. II, Mortgages, Chattel Mortgages, Privileges, with Harrell” (Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division, 1988). 379 pages.
• “Louisiana Creditors’ Security Rights: Vol. I, Introduction, Suretyship, Pledge, with Harrell” (Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing Division, 1981). 242 pages.

Articles:

• “The Surprising Role of Roman Law in the Creation of Jazz,” Régle et Pratique du Droit Dan Les Réalités Juridiques de L’Antiquitié Centro Romanistico Internationale Copanello (1999).
• “L’influence du droit romain privé aux Etats-Unis: le cas unique de la Louisiane,” Revue Internationale des Droits de l’Antiquité 3e Serie, Tome XLI 487 (1994).
• “Louisiana: The United States’ Unique Connection to Roman Law,” 39 Loy. L. Rev. 281-294 (1993).
• “Take No Quarter, and Give None,” 27 Loy. L. Rev. 1319-1323 (1981).
• “The Validity and Ranking of Future Advance Mortgages in Louisiana,” 21 Loy. L. Rev. 141-170 (1975).
• “Contemporary American Local Government Law: The Adjustment to New Demographic Patterns,” 18 Loy. L. Rev. 231-242 (1972).