English law

  The Supreme Court is composed of the Chief Justice and eight associate justices nominated by the President and confirmed with the “advice and consent” of the US Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure, serving “during good behavior” which terminates only upon death, resignation, retirement or conviction on impeachment. Therefore, a justice will have a great impact on the …

    The high number of recent suicides in certain large French companies, many of them occuring at the place of work, has lead to a vast debate on work related stress. France Telecom comes to mind as such an example with 24 employee suicides in the last 18 months. Although this phenomenon has attracted attention due to its obvious …

What is private life? Where does it end and the public domain begin? This article will compare how French and English law protect the right to privacy, looking particularly at the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (the ‘ECHR’). France has a long history of upholding privacy. In the early 20th century, courts developed the “right to one’s …

    Imagine, for a moment, that you and your same-sex partner have been together for several years. You now want to live together for the long-term. What legal options are open to you in France and England? This article will explore some of the issues concerning the rights of same-sex couples under French and English law, and try to …

  Roe V Wade is one of the most important and controversial decision ever given by the Supreme Court which is still debated nowadays. The question asked to the Supreme Court was to know if the state laws that regulate the right to abort were constitutionally legal. According to the decision given by the Supreme Court, most of the state …

There are times, when words, humour, teamwork and self-belief come in useful. And when they lead to victory… The Paris 2 debaters’ team dreamt it, and did it! For the first time the University of Paris 2 won the annual Tournament organised by the French Debating Association at the sumptuous Hotel de Lassay, in front of the President of the …

Have you ever imagined being a United Nations’ committee delegate? Well now you can by participating in one of the many Model United Nations (MUN) conferences which are organized annually around the world! MUNs are realistic simulations of the United Nations, its work and procedures. Each participant takes on the role of national delegate for one of the UN’s member …

      Lawyers and politicians have been discussing the introduction of class actions in the French procedural system since the the mid 90’s. But the facts are here: no substantial progress has been made untilnow.     It is necessary to explain in a few words what a class action is.   Class actions consist in persons joining the …