Antoine Favre (legal scholar)

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Statue of Favre on Place du Palais de Justice in Chambery

Antoine Favre , also Latinized as Antonius Faber (born October 4, 1557 in Bourg-en-Bresse , † February 28, 1624 in Chambéry ) was a Savoyard legal scholar.

life and work

As a teenager, Favre attended the Paris Jesuit School and then studied law at the University of Turin . There he acquired the degree of Doctor of Both Rights (Dr. iur. Utr.) In August 1579 . He then returned to Savoy and worked as a lawyer in the Senate of Chambéry . On November 3, 1584 he was appointed Chief Justice in Bresse by Duke Charles Emanuel I of Savoy . On July 20, 1587, he was promoted to a member of the highest Savoyard court, the so-called Senate of Savoy, although he had not yet reached the required minimum age of 30 years. He also worked as a diplomat for Duke Karl Emanuel I. With his permission, the Duke of Nemours appointed Favre President of the Conseil du Genevois in Annecy in December 1596 . In 1606 Favre founded the Académie florimontane in Annecy together with Francis de Sales , the Bishop of Geneva . In 1610 he returned to the Senate of Savoy in Chambéry, where he was appointed President on June 20, 1610. He held this position until his death on February 28, 1624.

In addition to his judicial activities, Favre gained reputation among other things through his writings. The Codex Fabrianus definitionum forensium , a text in which he connects court decisions with the Corpus iuris civilis, should be mentioned as a priority . He uncovered numerous interpolations . Through further collections of decisions he gained further earnings. There are also other works by him on the Corpus iuris civilis.

literature

  • Stefanie Langer: Legal itineraries - life paths of well-known European lawyers from the 11th to the 18th century . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 978-3-631-36342-3 , p. 145-146 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Langer, p. 146.
  2. ↑ Paul Koschaker : Europe and Roman law . 4th edition, CH Beck'sche Verlagbuchhandlung. Munich, Berlin 1966. pp. 105 ff. (107).
personal data
SURNAME Favre, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Antonius (Latinized)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Savoyard lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1557
PLACE OF BIRTH Bourg-en-Bresse
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1624
Place of death Chambery