Jean Folly
Jean Folly (born September 8, 1810 in Villarepos , † May 25, 1854 in Friborg ) was a Swiss politician and State Councilor of the canton of Friborg .
Life
Folly was Catholic and from Villarepos . His parents were Claude Folly, farmer, and Madeleine nee. Pache. He himself remained unmarried.
After attending the St. Michael College , he studied at the Law Academy in Freiburg (1832–1833) and at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (1833–1834). He did his legal internship with Louis Fournier, Schultheiss during the Sonderbund . In 1836 he was admitted to the bar and then practiced this free profession.
Folly was suspected of participating in the radical uprising of January 6, 1847. After the coup failed, he was arrested and held until April 1847. From 1847 to 1854 he was a radical member of the maritime district in the Grand Council. From 1848 to 1851 he sat in the National Council and from 1848 to 1853 in the Federal Supreme Court , which at that time was not a permanent body.
He was elected to the Council of State on June 2, 1849 in the first ballot with 46 of 68 votes as the successor to the late Pierre Landerset . He stipulated a two-day grace period before accepting the election and leaving his legal practice. As he explained, he became a State Councilor “out of patriotism to fight for democracy and revolution”.
In 1851, Folly presided over the State Council. From 1849 to 1854 he worked as a judicial director. He actively participated in the modernization of the law and the judiciary undertaken by the radicals. Thanks to him came the law of October 24, 1849 on debt collection, the law of November 20, 1849 on keeping civil status registers, the law of November 21, 1850 on the notary, the law of November 22, 1851 on the legal system and the Law of 3 May 1854 on the press police in force. He was also one of the authors of civil procedure (1849), commercial (1849) and criminal law (1850). In this intensive legislative work some saw a «Legomaniac» at work.
Folly died in office on May 25, 1854 at the age of 44.
literature
- Georges Andrey , John Clerc, Jean-Pierre Dorand et Nicolas Gex: The Freiburg Council of State: 1848–2011. History, organization, members . Editions La Sarine, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-2-88355-153-4 .
Web link
- Christophe Aeby / BE: Folly, Jean. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Folly, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician and State Councilor for the Canton of Friborg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villarepos |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1854 |
| Place of death | Freiburg |