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French law – The Classic Public Institution

Section 1 – Public Institution/Public Utility Institution The basic difference between public and public utility institutions is as follows: Public utility establishments are legal entities under private law. The State has recognized the …

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French law – Local agents of the state administration

Title 2 – The State Administration Chapter 1 – Central Administration Chapter 2 – Local agents of the State administration Section 1 – The prefect The prefect was created by the law of 28 Pluviôse of the year VIII …

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French law – Relations between public persons

Title 1 – Public Persons Chapter 1 – Legal persons under public law Chapter 2 – Relations between public entities Section 1 – Centralization and decentralization Centralization: the action of attaching to a central government all the forces of …

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French law – Administrative Organization

Administrative organization in France Title 1 – Public bodies Chapter 1 – Legal Entities of Public Law Chapter 2 – Relations between public persons Title 2 – The State Administration Chapter 1 – The central administration Chapter 2 – Local agents of the State administration Title 3 – Local …

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French judicial errors

“A miscarriage of justice is always a masterpiece of coherence,” writes Daniel Pennac in Monsieur Malaussène (1995). France is not exempt from the phenomenon of judicial errors. Since 1945, justice …