Materials linked to
Chapter 17: "The French
Pre-Trial System"
John Bell
Content
The argument of this paper will be that the central role played
by a written file in the French pre-trial system is an important safeguard
against miscarriages of justice since it renders the process more transparent
and open to verification and account.
Linked web pages
Criminal
Justice Resources in France
Dreyfus affair
Found guilty of high treason in 1994, found wholly innocent in
1906.
French Ministry
of Justice
International
Federation of Human Rights Leagues, Report on Anti-Terorism laws in France,
"La
porte ouverte à l’arbitraire" (1999)
Last Updated 3 June 1999
© Clive Walker, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies,
1999
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