Students as Publishers. On the Production of Course Handouts in Paris (about 1950-1970)

Abstract

The course handouts were an important resource for Parisian students, particularly in law, linked to the very conditions of schooling. While the products delivered by commercial houses were expensive, students and student associations published them. This article focuses on several of these initiatives, that took place in the 1950s and 1970s, at the Faculty of Law , the Faculty of Letters, the Institute of Political Studies, and it studies their organization, achievements, difficulties and setbacks.