Faustin Hélie
Faustin Hélie (born May 31, 1799 in Nantes , † October 22, 1884 in Passy ) was a French legal scholar . In 1837 he was head of the criminal investigation department in Paris, and in 1848 professor at the Collège de France . For the Provisional Government, which was formed after the February Revolution of 1848 , he formulated three decrees on the majority in jury courts, on the provisional release and on the abolition of the pillory . In 1849 he was appointed to the council of the Court of Cassation and since 1855 was a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques . His “Théorie du code pénal” and “Traité de l'instruction criminelle” are considered to have had a lasting influence on the doctrine of criminal law and criminal procedure law.
Publications
In 1828 he founded the Journal de droit criminel together with A. Chauveau . He wrote a large number of articles for the Encyclopédie du droit , the Revue de législation and the Gazette des tribunaux . He edited an annotated edition of L'Instruction civile by Mangin and the Traité de droit pénal by Rossi.
Honors
- 1839 Cross of the Legion of Honor
- 1855 member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques , succeeding Alexandre-François Vivien
- 1859 officer of the Legion of Honor
- Rue Faustin Hélie in Paris
literature
- Lawyers . A Biographical Lexicon: From Antiquity to the 20th Century. Edited by Michael Stolleis. Munich 2001. ISBN 3-406-45957-9 . Pp. 290-291.
Web links
- Information on Faustin Hélie in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Vita in the Dictionnaire de Droit Criminel (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Théorie du code pénal", Par. 1834–43, 6 vols .; 5th ed. 1872–73, and “Traité de l'instruction criminelle”, Par. 1845–60, 9 vols .; 2nd ed. 1863–68, 8 vols.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hélie, Faustin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1884 |
| Place of death | Passy |