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This decision is de facto the Law. Indeed, this is a decision of the "Cour de Cassation", which is the highest court and which does not judge guilt in specific
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
This decision is de facto the Law.
Indeed, this is a decision of the "Cour de Cassation", which is the highest court and which does not judge guilt in specific cases (edited to clarify), but whether the law was correctly applied. So by judging that this is a criminal offence (actually they have only confirmed previous legal decisions so it was expected) they have ruled that French Law states that this is a criminal offence, including based on jurisprudence (previous decisions). So that rather settles it.
- ohbtvz 4y agoThe cour de cassation does judge specific cases. They don't make the law and lower courts are not bound to their precedent. I wrote a more complete explanation in a sibling comment.
- mytailorisrich 4y ago"En effet, son rôle n’est pas de rejuger les affaires. Elle juge le droit exclusivement. De ce fait, la Cour de cassation ne s’attache pas aux faits d’un arrêt ou d’un jugement, mais elle vérifie la bonne application de la loi à la décision attaquée. Autrement dit, elle ne se prononce pas sur les litiges, mais seulement sur les décisions qui concernent les litiges." [1] It only checks that the law was correctly applied, it is not an appeal where the guilt is re-assessed (that's what I meant, obviously not very clearly). [1] https://juripredis.com/la-jurisprudence-dossier/comment-definir-la-jurisprudence/quelle-est-la-jurisprudence-de-la-cour-de-cassation/#:~:text=Elle%20juge%20le%20droit%20exclusivement,d%C3%A9cisions%20qui%20concernent%20les%20litiges https://juripredis.com/la-jurisprudence-dossier/comment-defi....