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Acquitted: Presumed Innocent, or Deemed Lucky to Have Got Away with It?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2003

J.R. Spencer
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In November, M. Canivet, the First President of the French Cour de cassation, gave a public lecture in Cambridge on la responsabilité du juge, where he described the recourse that modern French law provides for citizens who find themselves ill-served by the legal system. He told us that in France, defendants remanded in custody pending trial now receive automatic compensation if at trial they are acquitted, and that citizens can bring civil claims against the State where they are hurt by the malfunctioning of justice.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2003 , pp. 50 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2003

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