André Joseph Abrial
(1750/1828)
Minister of Justice under the Consulate, he was one of the drafters of the Civil Code.
Henri François Aguesseau (Chancellor of)
(1668/1751)
Chancellor of France, Advocate General to the Parliament, Minister to Louis XV. Great magistrate, great orator, he energetically opposed the registration of the Unigenitus bull.
Joseph Jean Baptiste Armenonville (Fleuriau d')
(1661/1728)
As a member of Louis XIV's Council of Finances, he became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and then for the Navy under the Regency and finally Keeper of the Seals under Louis XV.
Léon Aucoc
(1828/1910)
A legal scholar and constitutional expert, member of the Council of State, he inaugurated the administrative law course at the École des Ponts & Chaussées. Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
Robert Badinter
(1928/2024)
Lawyer and Minister of Justice under Mitterrand, architect of the abolition of the death penalty, buried in the Pantheon.
Louis Berthelin
(1806/1879)
A legal expert, he is an advisor to the Court of Cassation and president of the Imperial Circle.
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
(1756/1819)
French lawyer. He was a Montagnard deputy to the National Convention and a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
Louis Ferdinand Bonnet
(1760/1839)
Lawyer and member of parliament, defender of Beaumarchais and General Moreau.
Pierre Bouchardon
(1870 /1950 )
French magistrate. Georges Clemenceau nicknamed him "the Grand Inquisitor," in the service of France. He did not swear allegiance to Pétain and was recalled to his duties in 1944 to begin the trial of Marshal Pétain in , followed by the trials of Pierre Laval and Robert Brasillach.
Jean Bouhier (president)
(1673/1746)
Magistrate. Academician (1727). His library, renowned throughout Europe, was sold to the Abbey of Clairvaux.