author
Émile de Saint-Auban
1858–1947
A French lawyer and polemical journalist, he wrote forcefully about society, justice, and public life at the turn of the twentieth century. His books capture the sharp arguments and ideological battles of their era.
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L'histoire sociale au Palais de justice. Plaidoyers philosophiques
by Émile de Saint-Auban
About the author
Born Alfred-Émile de Bruneau de Saint-Auban in Frascati on June 19, 1858, and later dying in Avignon on May 1, 1947, he was a French lawyer and journalist. Library and archival records identify him as an author of works including L'histoire sociale au Palais de justice (1895) and L'Idée sociale au théâtre (1901).
French reference sources describe him as a nationalist, anti-Dreyfusard polemicist associated with the far right in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. That political stance is an important part of understanding both his journalism and the arguments running through his writing.
For readers today, his work is less a neutral literary portrait than a window into the legal, social, and political debates of his time. His books can be of interest for their historical atmosphere and for the way they reflect the tensions of France during a deeply divided period.