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Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

Translated Title

Political Leaders Facing Justice: Reflections from the French Experience

Keywords

Political authorities, decision-makers, political accountability, criminal liability, democracy, immunities, non-liability, non-official acts, Beirut port explosions.

Mots-clés / الكلمات الرئيسية

Décideurs politiques, responsabilité politique, responsabilité pénale, démocratie, immunités, actes détachables des fonctions, explosion du port de Beyrouth.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Human Rights Law | Law | Law and Politics | Public Law and Legal Theory

Abstract

This article studies the liability and accountability regimes potentially applicable to political authorities in France and in Lebanon. After insisting on the specific features of liability applied to the head of State, ministers, national representatives and judges in the French system, the author tackles the same issues under Lebanese law, particularly in the difficult circumstances following the Beirut port explosion.

Résumé / خلاصة

Cet article traite des régimes de responsabilité applicables aux dirigeants politiques en France et au Liban. Après avoir mis en évidence la spécificité de ces régimes à l’égard du chef de l’Etat, des ministres, des parlementaires et des magistrats dans le système français, il aborde ces questions en droit libanais notamment dans le contexte douloureux de l’explosion du port de Beyrouth.

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