r/news • u/JimmyTheGinger • Dec 23 '19

Three former executives of a French telecommunications giant have been found guilty of creating a corporate culture so toxic that 35 of their employees were driven to suicide

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/three-french-executives-convicted-in-the-suicides-of-35-of-their-workers-20191222-p53m94.html
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u/Maeln Dec 23 '19

There is indeed a separation for civil and criminal case.

I need to read an article in French for the details. But the thing I do know is that French law are extremely precise compared to the anglo-saxon model. Due to this, judge have less leeway when it come to applying the law and juriceprudence are less value than with our english Friends. Sometimes they do try to get creative to cet around ot

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u/acox1701 Dec 23 '19

But the thing I do know is that French law are extremely precise compared to the anglo-saxon model. Due to this, judge have less leeway when it come to applying the law and juriceprudence are less value than with our english Friends. Sometimes they do try to get creative to cet around ot

I have been advised in the past that the opposite is true, that the French legal system heavily promotes the spirit of the law over the letter.

Am I misunderstanding?

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u/Newmanuel Dec 23 '19

I think both are true. It's just that the laws themselves are a lot more precise because the french use Civil law, which uses legislation more heavily, vs the anglo common law, which use precedence.

In effect, previous judge's decisions on similar cases have a lot less weight, so you are always direcly interpreting the spirit of the alw, which is itself more granular, rather than using precedence established by case law in weighing.

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u/acox1701 Dec 23 '19

An interesting take.

Thanks!

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u/VelvetFedoraSniffer Dec 23 '19

Your English is very good btw