Isambert Francois Andre

Isambert, Francois Andre (1792-1857), born at Aunay, was a French lawyer. He began to practise as an advocate at the Court of Cassation in 1818, and speedily became known as a political avocate opposed to the Restoration Government. He gained much reputation by publishing Recueil General des Anciennes Lois Francaises, Code Electoral et Municipal, etc. In 1830, after the July revolution, he was appointed councillor of the Court of Cassation and a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He belonged, till 1848, to the Constiitional Opposition, and showed himself friendly to liberty and hostile to the Jesuits. He also wrote Histoire de Justinien, etc.