Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i Toulon, i ako i te ture i Aix-en-Provence me Paris, a i te wa wawe i hanga e ia tona ingoa ma nga pukapuka e rua, "Explication historique des institutes de Justinien" (1827), me "Histoire de la legislation romaine" (1828), ko te tuatahi o enei kua whakaputaina ano. I meinga ia hei kaitiaki pukapuka ki te Kooti o Cassation, a i whakatairanga i muri i te
Revolution of 1830 hei hēkeretari-nui.