Jules Bara

Jules Bara, Minister of Justice of Belgium, 1865.

Jules Bara

Jules Bara (born August 3, 1835 in Tournai , † June 26, 1900 in Sint-Joost-ten-Node ) was a Belgian statesman.

Scientific work

Bara studied law , graduating with the doctorate to the Dr. Jur. And worked as a lawyer. He later taught in Brussels as a professor at the university.

politics

Between November 1862 and 1894 was Jules Bara MP for the constituency of the arrondissements Tournai in the Chamber of Deputies . In parliament he soon stood out as one of the first speakers on the liberal side. After the resignation of Justice Minister Victor Tesch , he was appointed to this post. He immediately introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty, which was rejected in June 1868; on the other hand, in 1869, he enforced the repeal of custody .

After Frère-Orban's ministry resigned on July 2, 1870 , Bara resumed his seat in the chamber as a deputy. With great vehemence he led the attacks of his party against the clerical Ministry d'Anethan in November 1871 , when the latter appointed the clerical Pieter Dedecker, involved in the infamous Langrand-Dumonceau affair , governor of Limburg , and brought it down. He also fought the following clerical ministry of Malou with tireless perseverance because of his weakness against the presumptuousness, violations of the law and unconstitutional agitations of the ultramontans and the clergy, as well as because of the filling of all offices, especially all judicial posts, with determined supporters of the clerical party.

When the Liberals achieved an unexpected and decisive victory in the elections on June 11, 1878 and the Malou Ministry was dismissed, Bara took over the Ministry of Justice again in the cabinet formed by Frère-Orban, which he maintained until 1884. From 1894 to 1900 he was a member of the Senate .

literature

• R. Devuldere: Biographical repertory of the Belgian parlementairen, senatoren en volksvertegenwoordigers 1830 to 1.8.1965. RUG onuitgegeven licentiaatsverhandeling (sectie geschiedenis), Gent 1965, pp. 36-37.
• P. Van Molle: Het Belgisch parlement 1894–1969. Erasmus, Gent 1969, p. 7.
• J. Delrot: La mort de Jules Bara et son écho à Tournai. In: In Memoriam André et Elisabeth Vormezeele. Histoire du droit, laïcité, libéralisme et traditions populaires à Tournai et dans le Tournaisis. Société Royale d'histoire et d'archéologie, Tournai 1984, pp. 249-267.
• G. Lefebvre: Biographies Tournaisiennes, Tournai 1836-1986. 1990, p. 17.
• André Miroir: Jules Bara et l'indépendance du pouvoir civil 1835–1884. Contribution à l'étude des rapports entre l'Eglise et l'Etat. ULB onuitgegeven licentiaatsverhandeling (sectie politieke en diplomatieke wetenschappen), Brussel 1971, 341 p.
• A. Miroir: Jules Bara, novateur. Essai sur la conception des rapport entre l'Eglise et l'Etat dans la doctrine juridique belgium (1830–1859). In: L'Eglise et l'Etat à l'époque contemporaine. Mélanges dédiés à la mémoire de Mgr. Aloïs Simon, publiés sous la direction de G. Braive et J. Lory. Brussel 1975, pp. 435-462.
• Léon Vanderkindere : L'université de Bruxelles 1834–1884. Brussel, 1884, p. 146.