Michel Villey (4 April 1914 – 24 July 1988) was a French legal philosopher and historian. He was a professor at the University of Strasbourg and then at the University of Paris. He was born in

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Émile Boutroux Étienne Émile Marie Boutroux (; 28 July 1845 – 22 November 1921) was an eminent 19th-century French philosopher of science and religion, and a historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philo ...

. The Institut Michel-Villey is named in his honor.

Publications

* ''Le droit et les droits de l'homme'' (PUF, Paris 1983).

References

1914 births 1988 deaths Legal historians Writers from Caen Philosophers of law Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg {{France-philosopher-stub