Prosecution in France

Hodgson, Jacqueline and Soubise, Laurène (2012) Prosecution in France In: Oxford Handbooks Online: Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press (OUP). ISBN 0199935386

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Abstract This essay examines the increasingly ambivalent role and status of the French prosecutor, the procureur. As a judicial officer (magistrat), she is required to act in and to uphold the public interest, but her hierarchical accountability to the executive and her role in the formation and implementation of local criminal justice policy threaten her independence, notably in the eyes of her fellow magistrats. The dominance of the executive, both politically and through the imposition of managerialist imperatives, is felt in the ever-expanding role of the procureur, especially in the local sphere. While the limited forms of legal and structural accountability in place leave the prosecutor with broad discretion, this is diminished through the drive to standardization resulting from the delegation of work to fulfill the demands of dealing with greater numbers of cases more quickly, with fewer resources.

Item Type:	Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	4407 Policy and Administration, 48 Law and Legal Studies, 44 Human Society, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2019 11:05
Last Modified:	22 May 2026 21:58
DOI:	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.013.124
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032858
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