Law

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 …

Law

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 …