Archive for 'National news'
Décret portant création d’un secrétariat général de la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne. - Decree creating the general secretariat of the French presidency of the European Union
Par le décret n°2007-1028 du Premier ministre du 15 juin 2007, est créé un secrétariat général de la présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne, qui aura lieu au second semestre 2008. Il sera placé sous l’autorité du Premier ministre. Le secrétariat général coordonne en liaison avec le secrétariat général des affaires européennes (SGAE) […]
Posted: June 22nd, 2007 under EU news, National news, Administrative.
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Une courte présentation du Tribunal des conflits, une formation pas comme les autres… A short presentation of the Tribunal des conflits
Le rapport public du Tribunal des conflits pour l’année 2006 sera officiellement remis à Madame Mazars, vice présidente du Tribunal des conflits, lundi 18 juin en présence des conseillers d’Etat et des conseillers de la Cour de cassation membres de cette formation (le rapport sera normalement disponible sous peu dans sa version électronique sur […]
Posted: June 14th, 2007 under General, National news.
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The review of the European law Observatory is available in english. - A propos de la revue de l’Observatoire du droit européen.
The European law Observatory is a specialised unit of the Legal Research Department of the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation). It regularly publishes very well documented and useful reviews that were to this day available only in french. The Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union now offers […]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under National news.
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The Court of Cassation has a new First President
Vincent Lamanda who turns 61 today was on Wednesday officially installed in his functions of First President of the Court of Cassation in the presence of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Minister for Justice, Rachida Dati. Before becoming France’s first magistrate, succeeding Guy Canivet, recently appointed judge at the Constitutional Council, Vincent Lamanda chaired, after Rouen’s, […]
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under National news.
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Pologne: une dizaine d’articles de la loi du 18 octobre 2006 relative à la lustration jugée inconstitutionnelle. Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal declares the law on lustration unconstitutional
Following the introduction of an unprecedented lustration law (of October 18th 2006) last march, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal declared on Friday a dozen articles of the mentioned statue unconstitutional. This decision is a major setback for the government and illustrates the virtues of the a posteriori control of constitutionality. The judgment K 2/07 should be soon […]
Posted: May 14th, 2007 under Constitutional, National news.
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Impeachment law in Romania
On April 19th, 2007, the Romanian Parliament (RO, EN, FR) voted in favour of Romanian President Traian Basescu’s removal from office, based on accusations of unconstitutional conduct. The president was accused of overstepping his constitutional prerogatives by influencing governmental policy instead of maintaining a neutral, “referee-like” role. The impeachment procedure is a novelty in the […]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under Constitutional, National news.
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France’s Supreme Courts dedicate their annual reports to European law !
The highest court in the french judiciary, the Cour de cassation and the Conseil d’Etat, France’s supreme court for administrative law have recently published their annual reports for the year 2006. They belong to the most important legal publications in the Member State. This post seeks to present both reports which, in […]
Posted: April 24th, 2007 under National news.
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