Louis-Joseph Faure
French judge
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| Intro | French judge | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Politician Judge | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 5 March 1760, Le Havre | |
| Death | 12 June 1837Paris (aged 77 years) |
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Louis-Joseph Faure (5 March 1760 – 12 June 1837) was a French jurist and politician who was one of the four authors of the Napoleonic Code.
He was born in Le Havre and became a judge in Paris in 1791. Later he was a deputy prosecutor of the Seine, and then a member of the Council of Five Hundred and later the Tribunat. He became a member of the Conseil d'État in 1807. He submitted a report on the Code de procédure in 1806 and one on the Code pénal in 1810.