Désiré Dalloz (12 August 1795 – 12 January 1869) was a French
jurist
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, politician and publisher.
Life
Born in
Septmoncel
Septmoncel () is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Septmoncel Les Molunes.Jura, he pursued the profession of an advocate. He was admitted to the
bar
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of the Cour royale in 1817, and practiced law before the French high courts from 1823 to 1836. His
oral argument
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s were reproduced in legal journals such as '' Moniteur'' and ''
Gazette des tribunaux
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''. Dalloz represented the département of Jura in Parliament from 1837 to 1848, supporting the
House of Orléans
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. He died in Paris after having suffered from
paralysis
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for twenty years.
His principal contribution to
French law
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is the advancement of the study of judicial decisions. Dalloz headed a journal dedicated to that purpose, the ''Jurisprudence du royaume. Recueil periodique et critique''. In 1832 he published the ''Répertoire de jurisprudence générale du royaume'', an index, summary and reference of all contemporary judicial decisions; an expanded and updated version was published from 1845 to 1870. Together with his brother
Armand
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, he founded the legal publishing house
Dalloz
Dalloz is a French publisher that specializes in legal matters and is France's main legal publisher. It was founded by Désiré Dalloz and his brother Armand in 1845. Dalloz was acquired by Groupe de La Cite in 1989. CEP acquired almost complete ...
, which still publishes the
Recueil Dalloz
Dalloz is a French publisher that specializes in legal matters and is France's main legal publisher. It was founded by Désiré Dalloz and his brother Armand in 1845. Dalloz was acquired by Groupe de La Cite in 1989. CEP acquired almost complete ...