Jean Louis Delolme

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Jean Louis Delolme

Jean Louis Delolme , also written Jean Louis de Lolme (* 1740 in Geneva , † July 16, 1806 in Seewen ) was a Geneva lawyer.

biography

Delolme practiced as a lawyer in Geneva . As a result of the offense that his work "Examen des trois points des droits" aroused, he had to flee Geneva. He went to England and wrote journalistic and constitutional works there, which earned him a respected name. In 1775 he returned to his hometown.

His most famous work is: Constitution de l'Angleterre (Amsterdam 1771), which he wrote in English ( The constitution of England, or, an account of the English government; in which it is compared, both with the republican form of government, and the other monarchies in Europe , London 1772) and into German ( The Constitution of England in its genetic development , Leipzig 1776). In it he presented in particular the advantages that a representative has over a direct democracy (see democratic theory ).

Works

  • La Constitution de l'Angleterre, ou état du gouvernement anglais, comparé avec la forme républicaine et avec les autres monarchies de l'Europe . Amsterdam 1771.
  • A parallel between the English government and the former government of Sweden . London 1772.
  • The history of the flagellants . London 1777.
  • An essay containing a few strictures on the union of Scotland with England . London 1787.
  • The British empire in Europe: part the first, containing an account of the connection between the kingdoms of England and Ireland, previous to the year 1780 . Dublin 1787.
  • Observations relative to the taxes upon windows or lights: A commutation of these taxes being also suggested, ... To which are added, observations on the shop-tax, ... a hint for the improvement of the metropolis . London 1788.
  • The present national embarrassment considered: containing a sketch of the political situation of the heir apparent, and of the legal claims of the Parliament now assembled at Westminister . London 1789.
  • General observations on the power of individuals to prescribe, by testamentary dispositions, the particular future uses to be made of their property: occasioned by the last will of ... Peter Thellusson . London 1798.

literature

  • Edith Ruff: Jean Louis de Lolme and his work on the constitution of England (= historical studies. H. 240). Ebering, Berlin 1934.
  • Hans-Christof Kraus : Montesquieu, Blackstone, De Lolme and the English constitution of the 18th century. In: Yearbook of the Historical College 1995, pp. 113–153 ( digitized version ).
  • Reinhold Zippelius : Law and Justice in the Open Society. 2nd Edition. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1996, chap. 17: “The taming of the English state power. De Lolmes 'Constitution of England' ”.

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personal data
SURNAME Delolme, Jean Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lolme, Jean Louis de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1806
Place of death Seewen