- Born:
- August 17, 1856, Ladiville, France
- Died:
- March 12, 1929, Toulouse (aged 72)
- Subjects Of Study:
- jurisprudence
- French law
- administrative law
- constitutional law
- public law
Maurice-Jean-Claude-Eugène Hauriou
Maurice-Jean-Claude-Eugène Hauriou (born August 17, 1856, Ladiville, Franceâdied March 12, 1929, Toulouse) was a French political scientist and educator whose theoretical work on public law contributed to the development of French administrative law.
A professor of law at Toulouse (1883â1929), Hauriou proposed a theory of institutions that defined the state as a corporate institution designed to protect civil life and liberty. He defended the âindividualistic orderâ of private enterprise and private property and helped create legal procedures to protect citizens from undue administrative actions.
His major works on administrative, public, and constitutional law include PrĂŠcis of Administrative Law (1892), Principles of Public Law (1910 and 1916), and PrĂŠcis of Constitutional Law (1923).
