Maurice Hauriou

Maurice Hauriou
Born(1856-08-17)August 17, 1856
DiedMarch 12, 1929(1929-03-12) (aged 72)
NationalityFrance
EducationLicense in Law, University of Bordeaux (1876)

Doctorat in Law, University of Bordeaux (1879)

Agrégation in Law, University of Toulouse (1882)
OccupationDoyen (Dean) of the College of Law at the University of Toulouse (1921-1926)
EmployerUniversity of Toulouse
Known forJurist, sociologist, academic
ChildrenAndré Hauriou
HonoursOfficier de la Légion d'honneur Ordre des Palmes académiques

Maurice Hauriou (17 August 1856 – 12 March 1929) was a French jurist and sociologist whose writings shaped French administrative law in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Hauriou taught public law at the University of Toulouse since 1888, and constitutional law since 1920. His work gave French administrative law a new dogmatic basis, including through his textbooks Précis de droit administratif et de droit public général (1892), Précis élémentaire de droit administratif (1925), Précis de droit constitutionnel (1923) and Principes de droit public (1910).