Court of Cassation (France)

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Building of the Court of Cassation in Paris
The Court of Cassation with the Pont Neuf in the foreground

The Court of Cassation or Court of Cassation of France ( French Cour de cassation [ kuʁ.də.kɑ.sa'sjɔ̃ ]) is the highest court of the ordinary jurisdiction of the Republic of France . It is located in the Palais de Justice (Palace of Justice) in Paris. It consists of one criminal and five civil chambers and checks judgments for legal errors. If it finds any, the judgment will be overturned (French casser , to break, German to  cash in ). The aim is to maintain uniform jurisdiction within France. The President of the Court (French: première présidente ) has been Chantal Arens since 2019.

The Court of Cassation is also the seat of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union .

See also

literature

  • Jacques Boré, Louis Boré: La cassation en matière civile. (Organization et fonctionnement de la Cour de cassation, décisions susceptibles de pourvoi, parties à l'instance, délais du pourvoi, effets du pourvoi, distinction du fait et du droit, moyens, procédures sans représentation obligatoire, arrêts de la Cour de cassation, renvoi après cassation) . 4th edition. Dalloz, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-247-07478-5 .
  • Jean-François Weber: La Cour de cassation (=  Les études de La Documentation Française . Volume 5238 ). La Documentation Française, 2006, ISSN  1763-6191 .
  • Matthias Esch: Cassation in criminal matters. Development, procedure and change of a criminal procedural legal institute of the former German Democratic Republic. A comparative legal representation with special consideration of the rehabilitation process . Eastern European Institute at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-921374-46-4 (also: Berlin, Free University, dissertation).

Web links

Commons : Court of Cassation (France)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Décret du 22 June 2019 portant nomination de la première présidente de la Cour de cassation - Mme ARENS (Chantal). Légifrance / Secrétariat général du Gouvernement, République française, accessed on January 28, 2020 (French).

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