Laboulaye, EDOUARD RENÉ DE

Laboulaye, EDOUARD RENÉ DE, a distinguished French jurist, was born in Paris 18th January 1811, became an advocate, and in 1849 was appointed professor of Comparative Jurisprudence in the Collège de France. His most important works are on French law, and a Histoire Politique des États-Unis, 1620-1789 (3 vols. 1855-66; 6th ed. 1876). He also edited the Revue Historique (1855-69), and its successors, the Revue de Législation (1870-76) and Nouvelle Revue Historique (from 1877). Laboulaye attained some distinction as an essayist and story-writer; some of his tales, including the humorous Paris en Amérique, have been translated into English. He took up a consistently moderate position in politics, and in consequence gained the enmity of extremists on both sides. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1871, and in 1876 became a life senator. He died 25th May 1883.