France’s investigating magistrates face the chop

A French government report on the reform of the justice system was due to be published in September 2009 - controversially it called for the removal of France’s independent investigating magistrates.

ESO: Background information: Sarkozy to reform judicial probe system http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozy-to-reform-judicial-probe-system/

The Economist, No.8648, 12.9.09: French criminal justice. A delicate judgment http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14416851

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