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Maxime Leroy

1873 – 1957

Jurist, social historian

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Lived 1873 – 1957 (aged 84). Maxime Leroy was a French sociologist, historian and trade unionist.

Maxime Leroy (28 March 1873 – 15 September 1957) was a French jurist and social historian.

Career Maxime Leroy studied law at the university of Nancy, where he obtained his doctorate in 1898. A friend of Victor Griffuelhes and Alphonse Merrheim, he devoted his first works to the development of trade unionism and its legal and social impact. In 1909 he founded the "Société des amis du lac" at Soorts-Hossegor, where writers such as J.-H. Rosny jeune, Paul Margueritte and Gaston Chérau had been meeting for some years. A member of the Human Rights League of France and a supporter of the League of Nations, he participated in numerous international meetings and had a correspondence with Sigmund Freud and H.G. Wells. From 1937, he was a professor at the École libre des sciences politiques. His most important work, Histoire des idées sociales en France, was published in three volumes between 1946 and 1954. For the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, he edited the Port-Royal by Sainte-Beuve, published in 1953. He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1954.

Works

1898: L'Esprit de la législation napoléonienne, esquisse d'une étude critique 1904: Le Code civil et le droit nouveau 1905: Le Droit des fonctionnaires 1907: Les Transformations de la puissance publique : les syndicats de fonctionnaires 1908: La Loi : essai sur la théorie de l'autorité dans la démocratie 1909: Syndicats et services publics : histoire de l'organisation ouvrière jusqu'à la C.G.T., les syndicats ouvriers et la loi, la crise des services publics, les associations de fonctionnaires 1913: La Coutume ouvrière, syndicats, bourses du travail, fédérations professionnelles, coopératives, doctrines et institutions (2 volumes) 1914: L'Alsace-Lorraine, porte de France, porte d'Allemagne 1917: L'Ère Wilson : la Société des Nations 1921: Les Techniques nouvelles du syndicalisme 1922: Vers une république heureuse 1924: Henri de Saint-Simon : le socialisme des producteurs 1925: La Vie véritable du comte Henri de Saint-Simon : 1760–1825 1925: Les Premiers Amis français de Wagner 1927: La Ville française : institutions et libertés locales 1928: Fénelon 1929: Stendhal politique 1929: Descartes, le philosophe au masque (2 volumes) 1931: Descartes social 1932: La Société des Nations. Guerre ou paix ? 1933: Taine 1935: Introduction à l'art de gouverner 1936: Soorts-Hossegor 1937: Les Tendances du pouvoir et de la liberté en France au XXe siècle 1939: Le Mythe du phénix dans les littératures grecque et latine, with Jean Hubaux. 1940: La Pensée de Sainte-Beuve 1941: La Politique de Sainte-Beuve 1946–1954: Histoire des idées sociales en France (3 volumes) 1947: Le Socialisme (3 volumes) 1947: Vie de Sainte-Beuve 1948: Les Précurseurs français du socialisme de Condorcet à Proudhon, texts compiled and presented by Maxime Leroy

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Paris Institute of Political Studies
Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Who was Maxime Leroy?

jurist, social historian (1873-1957)

When was Maxime Leroy born?

Maxime Leroy was born on 28 March 1873 in Paris.

When did Maxime Leroy die?

Maxime Leroy died on 15 September 1957 in Paris.

What was Maxime Leroy's occupation?

Maxime Leroy was a sociologist, historian and trade unionist.

What nationality was Maxime Leroy?

Maxime Leroy was French.

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· Wikipedia: Maxime Leroy

· Wikidata: Q3302630

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