Law

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 …

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French law – I. The burden of proof

Evidence is the means of establishing the reality of an act or a legal fact fact. According to article 9 of the code of civil procedure: “It is incumbent on …