Alphonse-Marie Bérenger

Alphonse-Marie Bérenger (born May 31, 1785, Valence, France—died March 9, 1866, Paris) was a French magistrate and parliamentarian, distinguished for his role in the reform of law and legal procedure based on humanitarian principles. Appointed judge in Grenoble in 1808, Bérenger had a successful career in the magistracy during Napoleon’s First Empire and served as a representative for Drôme département during Napoleon’s return in the Hundred Days. In 1818 he published De la justice criminelle...