Worms, Émile

French jurist; born at Frisange, Luxembourg, May 23, 1838; educated at the University of Heidelberg and at Paris (LL.D. 1864). In 1863 he received a prize from the Institut de France for an essay on the commercial history of the Hanseatic League; and in 1867 he was again awarded a prize. In that year he was appointed assistant professor of law at the University of Paris; and later in the same year he received a call as professor of law at the University of Rennes, which position he held until 1898, when he removed to Paris.

Worms represented the French government at the statistical congresses of Florence (1867), The Hague (1869), St. Petersburg (1872), and Budapest (1876). He is the author of the following works: "Histoire Commerciale de la Ligue Hanséatique," 1864; "Sociétés par Actions et Opérations de Bourse," 1867; "Théorie et Pratique de la Circulation Monétaire et Fiduciaire," 1869; "Les Rapports du Droit Pénal avec l'Economie Politique," 1870; "L'Allemagne Economique, ou Histoire du Zollverein Allemand," 1874; "Sociétés Humaines et Privées," 1875; "Exposé Elémentaire de l'Economie Politique," 1880; "Nouveau Catéchisme d'Economie Politique," 1881; "De l'Etat au Regard des Erreurs Judiciaires," 1884; "Les Ecarts Législatifs," 1886; "De la Liberté d'Association au Point de Vue du Droit Public à Travers les Ages," 1887; "De la Propriété Consolidée, ou Tableau Historique et Critique de Tous les Systèmes les Plus Propres à la Sauvegarde de la Propriété Foncière et de Son Démembrement," 1888; "Une Association Douanière Franco-Allemande, avec Restitution de l'Alsace-Lorraine," 1888; "Les Attentats à l'Honneur," 1890; "Doctrine, Histoire, Pratique et Reforme Financière, ou Exposé Elémentaire et Critique de la Science des Finances," 1891; "Les Condamnations Conditionelles Suivant la Loi Française et Etrangère," 1891; "Essai de Législation Financiçre; le Budget de la France dans le Passé et le Présent," 1894; "La Politique Commerciale de l'Allemagne," 1895.

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