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Declared on March 23 and extended through July 10, the public health emergency allows the executive branch to govern by decree and ordinance. Could this concern for efficiency be a pretext for perpetuating controversial reform proposals and restricting fundamental freedoms?
Two recent decisions have outraged both judges and lawyers. Carole-Olivia Montenot, a member of the Paris Bar and a specialist in criminal law, analyzes for “VSD” the toxic relationship between the justice system and COVID-19.