Ramon Lazaro de Dou y de Bassols
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In office
24 September 1810 ? 23 October 1810
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Preceded by
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Succeeded by
| Luis Rodriguez del Monte
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In office
19 September 1810 ? 20 September 1813
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In office
13 September 1813 ? 15 January 1814
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Born
| Ramon Lazaro de Dou y de Bassols
(
1742-02-11
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February 11, 1742
Barcelona
, Spain
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Died
| December 14, 1832
(1832-12-14)
(aged 90)
Cervera
, Spain
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Alma mater
| University of Barcelona
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Profession
| Chancellor
and
professor
of the University of Cervera
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Ramon Lazaro de Dou y de Bassols
(February 11, 1742 ? December 14, 1832) was a
Spanish
professor
and
priest
who was the first
President of the Congress of Deputies
after being elected by the majority of the
Cortes of Cadiz
. Lazaro was member of the Cortes representing the
Principality of Catalonia
from September 19, 1810 to January 15, 1814. He was noted for his pioneering work in the systematization of
administrative law
.
Biography
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Lazaro started its studies in the
jesuits
Imperial College of Our Lady and Santiago de Cordellas and he studied law in
Cervera
gaining in 1770 the professorship of
Decretals
by the Cervera University. He was ordained priest and published several works. Between 1771 and 1776 he practiced law in the office of his brother Ignacio, who was an advisor to the
Consulate of the Sea
of
Barcelona
in regard to general income and
contraband
.
[1]
His
Institutiones del Derecho publico general de Espana
(1800?03) were the first systematic outline of the governmental institutions of the Spanish-speaking world. The work was also the first to make a distinction between the general principles governing administrative proceedings, and the special rules applicable to specific authorities or areas of law.
In 1805 he was appointed
Chancellor
of the University of Cervera, a position that he held until his death. After the invasion of the
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
, Dou was investigated but was found innocent.
He was elected
MP
by the
Province of Tarragona
representing the
Principality of Catalonia
on February 23, 1810 and he assented to the first session of a Spanish parliament in its history on September 24, 1810.
[2]
Ramon Lazaro de Dou was elected as the first President of the Congress of Deputies by 50 votes against the 45 votes that obtained Benito Ramon Hermida Maldonado, who during that sesion was the Acting President.
[3]
He did not run for reelection but he was chosen as substitute MP until the arrival of the elected MPs from late 1813 and first 1814.
[4]
Reformist and with a moderately conservative thought, he voted for
national sovereignty
and he was one of the signants of the
Constitution of 1812
. He also participated in the debates on the abolition of
torture
, the
freedom of the press
, the organization of the
provinces
, the reform of the Treasury and the regulations of the Regency Council. He was enthusiastic supporter of the single direct taxation, already projected by the
Marquess of Ensenada
, with the suppression of provincial revenues and conservation of customs and some
monopolies
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After the repeal of the 1812 Constitution by
King Ferdinand VII
, Lazaro focused to the government of the Cervera University, continuing with its economic studies. He was a person with a lot of fame at the time, such was his fame that when
Pope Gregory XVI
decided to abolish the position of Chancellor in Spanish universities, the Pope did not abolished the position in the University of Cervera, in which he was the chancellor.
References
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- Ross, Friso (2001). "Dou de Bassols, Ramon Llatzer de". In Michael Stolleis (ed.).
Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert
(in German) (2nd ed.). Munchen: Beck. p. 184.
ISBN
3-406-45957-9
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