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'''François Denis Tronchet''' (March 23, 1726 – March 10, 1806) was a [[France|French]] [[jurist]].
Born in [[Paris]], he became an ''avocat'' at the ''[[Parlement de Paris]]'', and gained a great reputation in a consultative capacity.
In 1789, he was elected by the [[Third Estate]] of [[Paris]] as deputy to the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]]. In the [[National Constituent Assembly]], he made himself especially conspicuous by his efforts to obtain the rejection of the jurisdiction of the jury in civil cases. Tronchet had an interesting relationship with [[Louis XVI]]. He was selected by the National Assembly (along with [[Adrien Duport]] and [[Antoine Balthazar Joachim d'André|Antoine d'André]]) to interview the chastened king in the aftermath of the [[Flight to Varennes]] (20-21 June 1791). Eighteen months later, Tronchet was chosen by [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] as his defense counsel at his trial, and performed this difficult and dangerous task with ability and courage.
During the period of the [[French Directory|Directory]], he was a deputy at the [[Council of the Ancients]], where he unsuccessfully opposed the resolution that judges be nominated by the executive directory. Under the [[French Consulate|Consulate]] he was the president of the tribunal of cassation, and collaborated in preparing the final scheme for the civil code. He had a marked influence on the code, and succeeded in introducing [[common law]] principles in spite of the opposition of his colleagues, who were deeply imbued with [[Roman law]]. Following his death, he became the first senator of the empire to be buried in the [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon]].
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