Édouard Laferrière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French jurist-consultant and lawyer (1841-1901)
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Place of Birth: Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Édouard Laferrière
- Édouard Louis Julien-Laferrière (26 August 1841 – 2 July 1901) was a French lawyer and authority in administrative law who held various senior administrative positions during the French Third Republic.
- He wrote a treatise on administrative law that defined the basis for modern French administrative law.
- He was appointed Governor-General of Algeria during a crisis in 1898, and established an elected advisory assembly with little real power.
- He encouraged southward expansion into the Sahara.
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