Louis-Étienne Jousserandot

Louis-Étienne Jousserandot (11 May 1813 – 26 April 1887 ) was a 19th-century French lawyer, journalist and writer. He was prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales then of Marne under the French Third Republic.

Career

 * September 1870 - November 1871: Prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales
 * November 1871 - May 1873: Prefect of Marne

Literary activity
Aa amator of the game of dominoes, Berthoud was a member of the club of founded circa 1838 in Paris by the sculptor Dantan le Jeune. In 1848, Jousserandot wrote an 11-page epistle in honour of the Deminotiers. It is available on line on the site Gallica of the BNF.

Le Médecin des pauvres, a novel published in 1861 by Xavier de Montépin, was the result of a real plagiarism from a book published in 1844, Le Diamant de la Vouivre by Louis Jousserandot who sued Xavier de Montépin. The latter being a famous writer and well in court and with many strong political support, his opponent could not succeed. Louis Jousserandot's claim was dismissed.

Publications

 * 1844: Le Diamant de la Vouivre
 * 1845: Le Capitaine Lacuzon; 2 vol., Paris, L. de Potter, 1845, in-8°
 * 1848: Le domino, épître à Dantan jeune et S.-H. Berthoud., publisher: impr. de Delanchy, Paris 1848, 8 p. ; in-fol

Courses
Louis Jousserandot, La Civilisation moderne : cours professé à l'Académie de Lausanne, Paris, Didier, 1866, VIII-476 p., In-8°

Essais

 * Louis Jousserandot: Du Pouvoir judiciaire et de son organisation en France, Paris, A. Marescq aîné, 1878, 187 p., In-8°
 * Louis Jousserandot: Le Magistrat unique et le jury facultatif, Angers, impr. de A. Dedouvres, 1885, 16 p., In-8°
 * Louis Jousserandot: De la Démocratie républicaine, Paris, Chevalier-Marescq, 1886, 84 p., In-8°
 * Louis Jousserandot: Des Assesseurs près des tribunaux romains, Paris, Larose et Forcel, 1886, 21 p., In-8°

Theatre

 * 1838: Lord Surrey, drame en 5 actes, Paris, Marchant, 28 p., Gr. in-8°
 * 1847: Les Collaborateurs : comédie en 1 acte et en vers, Paris, N. Tresse, 55 p., In-8°