Adhémar Esmein

Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein in Europe

Jean Paul Hippolyte Emmanuel Adhémar Esmein (1848-1913), French jurist, was born at Tourvérac, Charente, Feb. 1 1848, In 1888 he became professor of law in the university of Paris, and in 1904 member of the Institute of France. His best-known works are Cours élémentaire d’histoire du droit français (1895) and Éléments de droit constitutionnel français et comparé (1903). He died July 22 1913.

Esmein authored numerous textbooks on the history of French public law and French constitutional law. He also wrote numerous monographs on other subjects, particularly including canon law, the teaching of which in France he renewed through his works.

Works

Cours élémentaire d’histoire du droit
“Appanage” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Bailiff” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Bailli)
“Basoche” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Code Napoléon” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“France” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Law and Institutions)
“Intendant” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Lettres de Cachet” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Parlement” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Prefect” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
“Provost” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (The Provost in France)

References and Further Reading

Motte, Olivier J. (2001). “Esmein, Adhémar”. In Michael Stolleis (ed.) (in German). Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert (2nd edition ed.). München: Beck. pp. 199


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