Maurice Garçon (25 November 1889 in

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– 29 December 1967 in

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) was a French novelist, historian, essayist and lawyer. A major figure at the

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, he gained a certain notoriety and was even mentioned with

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in the last phrase of Jean-Pierre Melville's film "

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Biography

Legal Pleadings

*Plaidoyer pour

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(1950) (''Plea for

'') *Plaidoyer contre Naundorff (1955) (''Plea against Naundorff'') *En marge de l'Immortel : un procès d'archéologie (1932) (''On the Sidelines Of The Immortal: A Trial of Archaeology'') *En marge des fleurs du mal: un procès littéraire (1926) (''Alongside the Flowers of Evil: A Literary Process'')

Works

*''Le Diable, étude historique, critique et médicale'' (in collaboration with Jean Vinchon) (1926) *''La vie exécrable de Guillemette Babin, sorcière'' (1926) *'' Vintras, hérésiarque et prophète'' (1928) *''Rosette Tamisier ou La miraculeuse aventure'' (1929) *''Trois histoires diaboliques'' (1930) *''Essai sur l’éloquence judiciaire'' (1931) *''La justice contemporaine, 1870-1932'' (1933) *''La justice au Parnasse'' (1935) *''Magdeleine de la Croix, abbesse diabolique'' (1939) *'' Huysmans inconnu, du bal du Château-rouge au monastère de Ligugé'' (1941) *'' Le douanier Rousseau, accusé naïf'' (1941) *''Tableau de l’éloquence judiciaire'' (1943) *''L’Affaire Girard'' (1945) *''Sur les faits divers'' (1945) *''13 drames du poison'' (1948) *''Plaidoyer pour

'' (1950) *''Procès sombres'' (1950) *''

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ou La Fausse énigme'' (1952) *''Sous le masque de

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'' (1953) *''Plaidoyers chimériques'' (1954) *''La tumultueuse existence de Maubreuil, marquis d’Orvault'' (1954) *''Plaidoyer contre Naundorff'' (1955) (Advocacy Cons Naundorff *''Choses et autres'' (1956) (Things and Others) *''Histoire de la Justice sous la IIIe République'' (1957) (History of Justice Under the Third Republic) *''Défense de la liberté individuelle'' (1957) (Defence of Personal Liberty) *''Le journal d’un juge'' (1958) (Diary Of A Judge) *''Le costume des avocats'' (1958) (The Suit Lawyers) *''Histoires curieuses'' (1959) (Curious Histories) *''Plaidoyer contre la censure'', Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1963) on the trial of the

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*''L’Avocat et la morale'' (1963) (The Advocate and Morality) *''Nouvelles histoires curieuses'' (1964) (Curious News Histories) *''Lettre ouverte à la Justice'' (1966) (Open Letter To Justice) *''Le Palais et l’Académie'' (1966) (The Palace and the Academy)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcon, Maurice 1889 births 1967 deaths Lawyers from Lille 20th-century French lawyers 20th-century French novelists French male essayists French male novelists 20th-century French historians 20th-century French essayists 20th-century French male writers