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1. The principle of equality in the French Constitutional Council’s case-law: what changes after ten years of ex post review implementation?

Author

Nataşa DANELCIUC-COLODROVSCHI

Subjects
french constitutional council, ex ante review, ex post review, concrete control, abstract control, techniques of constitutional control, constitutional block, principle of equality, self-restraint, protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms, Law
Abstract

In France, the principle of equality has its source in a set of at least fifteen articlesbelonging to one of the three constitutional texts that form the “constitutional block”. Because of this privileged place, which is incomparable with regard to other fundamental rights and freedoms, the principle of equality figured in almost a half of the decisions pronounced by the Constitutional Council from its creation till 2010, when the ex post review – called “procedure of QPC” – began to be implemented in France. Despite the relevant statistics, the constitutional judges’ activity in this field was marked by voluntary self-restraint. The object of this study is to analyse if in the first ten years of QPC procedure implementation their approach has changed in order to strengthen the protection of the litigants’ rights and what are the technics of control they use in order to realise such changes.

Published
2020
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2. Weak review, strong court : judicial institutions and influence in the US and France

Author

Blass, Abby (Ph. D in government)

Subjects
Public law, Comparative law, Constitutional law, Comparative constitutional law, Judicial politics, United States, France, United Kingdom, United States Supreme Court, French Constitutional Council, United Kingdom Supreme Court, Judicial behavior
Abstract

This dissertation explores differences in the willingness of high court judges to use their authority of constitutional review to participate in national policymaking. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of judicial decisions invalidating national laws over thirty years in the United States and France, I show how, contrary to conventional wisdom, judges with weaker forms of review in political systems that offer straightforward ways to displace judicial opinions show greater willingness to review and to invalidate national laws, over a broader range of policy domains, than their counterparts with strong form review in fragmented political environments that offer judges the “last word”. Drawing on institutional and strategic insights about judicial decision making, I show that judges perceive and experience the costs of exceeding the tolerance of political actors with the power to curtail their institutional autonomy and authority, and over time they learn to balance the immediate cost of losing a discrete policy battle versus the systemic cost of losing their institutional capacity to contribute to contemporary policy debates. My results show that, counterintuitively, giving judges the ‘last word’ on matters of policy may be counterproductive to the project of judicial empowerment, and the contrast in judicial styles with weak and strong review suggests that scholars must be more nuanced in evaluating judicial power, looking beyond the more confrontational and disruptive interventions of the Supreme Court as the standard model of judicial influence, to the more cooperative and consensual engagement of the French Constitutional Council.

Published
2023

3. Vérité et pratiques du juge.Une étude de la note du secrétariat général au Conseil constitutionnel

Author

Michael Koskas

Subjects
truth, practices, témoignages, note du secrétariat général, pratiques, interview, service note, Geology, Ocean Engineering, French constitutional council, vérité, entretiens, testimony, Water Science and Technology, documents, Conseil constitutionnel
Abstract

Partant du constat largement partagé selon lequel le droit ne se situe pas exclusivement dans le contenu sémantique des énoncés juridiques, on ne peut manquer de s’interroger sur les pratiques du juge, c’est-à-dire sa façon de se comporter à l’égard du matériau juridique. Si des modèles standards de comportements sont parfois mobilisés pour penser leurs déterminations, les pratiques du juge ne sont que rarement abordées de front, au travers d’une plongée au cœur de l’activité décisionnelle. Questionnant le rapport à la vérité que le chercheur entretient à l’égard de ces pratiques, cette contribution brosse à grands traits les contours d’un programme de recherche pour qui s’intéresse à cet aspect central de la mise en œuvre du droit. Law does not lie exclusively in the semantic content of the legal statements. The observation is widely shared. It is therefore necessary to question the practices of lawyers, that is to say their way of behaving with regard to legal materials. However, this theme remains a blind spot in legal studies. Questioning the link to the truth that the researcher maintains with regard to the practices of judges, this paper is a proposal in favor of a research program for those who are interested in this central aspect of the implementation of law

Published
2020

4. Confusion of circumstances: observations on the decision of the Constitutional Council of March 26, 2020 on the health emergency organic law

Author

Brunet, Pierre and Brunet, Pierre

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the decision of the French Constitutional Council of March 26, 2020 on the health emergency organic law, promulgated in France to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic, in order to verify whether in this case the Council acknowledges deciding less in law than in pure opportunity., L'article vise à analyser la décision du Conseil constitutionnel du 26 mars 2020 sur la loi organique d'urgence sanitaire, promulguée en France pour faire face à l'épidémie de COVID-19, afin de vérifier si dans ce cas le Conseil reconnaît décider moins en droit qu'en pure opportunité.

Published
2020

5. Opinia prawna na temat kontroli konstytucyjności prawa wtórnego Wspólnot/Unii Europejskiej na przykładzie Francji.

Author

Kubuj, Katarzyna

Subjects
JUDICIAL review, CONSTITUTIONAL law, LEGISLATIVE bills
Abstract

The opinion focuses on analyzing judicial review of secondary legislation of European Community/European Union in the judicial practice of the French Constitutional Council. The author stresses that review of constitutionality of secondary European Union law is the subject of constant discussion and controversy. The opinion presents the standpoint of admissibility of constitutional review of the EU law by the French Constitutional Council in the absence of equivalent protection (under EU law) of those values which determine French constitutional identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

6. Des usages stratégiques de l’argumentation juridique : retour sur la tierce intervention de REGINE à l’occasion de la décision du Conseil Constitutionnel n° 2015-465 QPC, conférence des présidents d’université

Author

Diane Roman, Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Institut de recherche juridique interdisciplinaire (IRJI), Université de Tours, Université de Tours (UT), Centre de Théorie et Analyse du Droit (CTAD), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur l'action publique (LERAP), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL)

Subjects
université, parité, question prioritaire de constitutionnalité, feminist judgments, Geology, Ocean Engineering, 16. Peace & justice, french constitutional council, [SHS.DROIT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Law, university, ateliers de réécriture du droit, égalité femmes-hommes, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, gender equality, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

En 2015, quinze universitaires membres du programme REGINE présentaient une tierce intervention devant le Conseil constitutionnel pour défendre le principe de parité entre les femmes et les hommes au sein de l’enseignement supérieur. Cet article retrace, de l’intérieur, cette expérience judiciaire et les débats juridiques qui l’ont motivée. Il revient également sur la formule originale des ateliers de réécriture du droit, utilisée par des juristes canadiennes et britanniques, et en propose une version française, transposée au contentieux constitutionnel. In 2015, a groupe of 15 academics belonging to the REGINE research program were third party intervenors before the French Conseil constitutionnel, in order to support the parity principle within University bodies. This paper testifies from within for this experience and traces back the debates that took place within the research program on whether or not to intervene. It also provides with an example of legal re-writing of cases, taking model on previous experiences led by Canadian and British colleagues.

Published
2017
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7. The place and recognition of socio-economic rights in France

Author

Philippe, Xavier, Droit public comparé - Droit international et Droit européen (DPCDIDE), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille 3

Subjects
Constitution, [SHS.DROIT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Law, South African Constitution, French Constitutional Council, socio-economic rights, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2016

8. LA UTILIZACIÓN DE LA JURISPRUDENCIA CONSTITUCIONAL EXTRANJERA POR EL CONSEJO CONSTITUCIONAL FRANCÉS

Author

Carpentier, Elice

Subjects
Consejo Constitucional francés, French Constitutional Council, the use of the foreign constitutional jurisprudence, uso de la jurisprudencia constitucional extranjera
Abstract

El artículo analiza la aparente insensibilidad del Consejo Constitucional francés por la jurisprudencia constitucional extranjera, analizando los obstáculos coyunturales y estructurales que se presentan. Asimismo, se analiza la creciente permeabilidad del Consejo Constitucional por la jurisprudencia constitucional extranjera, utilizando las técnicas propias de ella y las soluciones adoptadas por referencia a dicha jurisprudencia extranjera, realizando algunas consideraciones finales sobre la materia. This article examines the apparent insensitivity of the French Constitutional Council by the fbreign constitutional law, analyzing the economic and structural barriers that arise. It also examines the increasing permeability of the Constitutional Council for the fbreign constitutional jurisprudence, using her own techniques and methods adopted by reference to the fbreign case law, making some final thoughts on the matter.

Published
2009

9. El principio de sinceridad presupuestaria en Francia: de la esperanza al desengaño

Author

Barque, François and Barque, François

Abstract

The french budget law is undergoing deep changes. One manifestation of these changes is the emergence of the principle of law sincerity. Created by the Constitutional Council and confirmed by the Organic Law of 1 August 2001, this new rule that the budget estimates are not deceitful. This article offers an assessment through an analysis of the jurisprudence of the constitutional court in charge of controlling the budget sinceriy. This balance can only be negative. Sincerity has raised great hopes. Many people considered it a good way to control the government and restore the parliament financial power. This sense of hope could be justified by some decisions of the judge. In these, the court showed its principle, by defining it precisely and by granting it a constitutional value. However, paradoxically, the same judge decided to control the budget honesty taking a lot of precautions. This low control explains that today disillusion has replaced hope, El Derecho presupuestario francés conoce profundos cambios. Una manifestación de éstos reside en la aparición del principio de sinceridad presupuestaria. Creada por el juez y confirmada por la ley orgánica de 1 de agosto de 2001, esta nueva regla exige en particular que las previsiones incluidas en las leyes de presupuesto no sean mentirosas. Este artículo propone un balance mediante un análisis de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional, encargado de controlar la sinceridad de las leyes presupuestarias. Dicho balance no podrá ser sino negativo. La sinceridad suscitó grandes esperanzas. Muchos la consideraban como un buen medio para controlar al Gobierno y restaurar el poder financiero del Parlamento. Este sentimiento de esperanza podía justificarse por algunas sentencias del juez constitucional. En aquéllas, el Tribunal mostraba su preocupación por el principio, definiéndolo precisamente y dándole un valor constitucional. Sin embargo, y de manera muy paradójica, el mismo juez ha decidido extremar las precauciones al controlar la sinceridad presupuestaria. Este control débil explica que, hoy, el desengaño ha sustituido a la esperanza

Published
2012

10. The French Constitutional Council and deciding to delegate

Author

McCoy, David Lee

Subjects
French CC, French Constitutional Council
Abstract

Political actors are often perceived as self-preserving, rational actors who rarely give power away voluntarily. Yet the proliferation of independent constitutional courts presents the puzzle of why politicians are willing to delegate, seemingly irrevocably, authority to institutions that will most certainly constrain the implementation of their policy preferences. A variety of hypotheses purport to explain this phenomenon of judicial empowerment, relying variously on economic factors, electoral strategy, international influences, ideology, and interest groups. My dissertation examines this larger question in light of the sudden transformation of France’s Constitutional Council into a potent constitutional court in October of 1974. France, with its long political tradition of hostility to American-style judicial review, provides perhaps the most dramatic example of judicialization. Drawing on research into elite attitudes, parliamentary debates, government and intra-party documents, and extensive newspaper reports, the project evaluates the claims of competing explanations of judicial empowerment in the French context, with an eye to their applicability in other industrial democratic states. It concludes with a comparative inquiry into the genesis of constitutional courts, juxtaposing case studies from France, Israel, and Sweden.

Published
2012

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