Why are court decisions so often unenforced?

Why are court decisions so often unenforced?
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By Paule Gonzales
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DECRYPTION - In France, the non-execution of very many judgments undermines the efficiency and credibility of justice with citizens. Pourquoi les décisions de justice sont-elles si souvent inappliquées? Pourquoi les décisions de justice sont-elles si souvent inappliquées?

“In France, court decisions carry less weight than in Anglo-Saxon countries. It is much easier to free oneself from them than in Great Britain where their non-respect is considered a contempt of court and is severely punished, in particular by prison. Cyril Roth, who coordinates the six civil judges of the execution of the judicial court of Paris, thus summarizes one of the most fundamental questions of French justice: the execution of court decisions and sentences, a guarantee of its credibility with of citizens and, much more broadly, of the effectiveness of the social contract. This theme was immediately invited to the Estates General of Justice. Because it is the Achilles' heel of the judicial system and it is intimately linked to dizzying delays in judgment but also to changes in society over which justice does not necessarily have a hold.

For civil justice, which affects everyday life because it decides on issues of over-indebtedness, the family...

Pourquoi les décisions de justice sont-elles si souvent inappliquées?

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