HAURIOU, MAURICE-JEAN-CLAUDE-EUGNE

born Aug. 17, 1856, Ladiville, France died March 12, 1929, Toulouse French political scientist and educator whose theoretical work on public law contributed to the development of French administrative law. Hauriou, a professor of law at Toulouse (18831929), proposed a theory of institutions that defined the state as a corporate institution meant to protect civil life and liberty. He defended the individualistic order of private enterprise and private property and helped create legal procedures to protect citizens from undue administrative actions. His major works on administrative, public, and constitutional law include Prcis of Administrative Law and Public Law (1891), Principles of Public Law (1910 and 1916), and Prcis of Constitutional Law (1923).