Should the judicial system be reformed ? This question is at the centre of lively debates. It is to institutions such as the chancellery, courts of law and magistrates, that it falls to forge the judicial system, the deliverer of order, equilibrium and social cohesion. However, these institutions seem today to be weak, both in terms of organisation, and in methods of recruitment. It is thus necessary that changes are made. This is especially so as the duty of the judicial system is to operate in such a way that all individuals remain citizens, by delivering them judgements in a reasonable timescale which are certain to be respected. In this respect, it is a public service. The objective of this book is to assess the forms and the effects of a decisive reform in order to benefit our society. The authors focus on the themes of equality, the wait faced by those to be tried, the structure of the State, financial means, organisation, the professional code of ethics and the responsibility of judges.

ÉLISABETH GUIGOU, GILBERT ANTON, JEAN-DENIS BREDIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS BURGELIN, JEAN-MARIE COULON, MARIE-ANNE FRISON-ROCHE, JEAN GICQUEL, HUBERT HAENEL, GIOVANNI LONGO, DIEUDONNÉ MANDELKERN, JEAN-PIERRE MATTEI, JEAN-MARIE MESSIER, HENRI NALLET, NICHOLAS PHILLIPS, JEAN-MARC SAUVÉ, PIERRE TRUCHE, DIDIER TRUCHET