Pierre FAUCHON - The July 10, 2000 Law After the Mont Blanc Tunnel Judgment

Pouvoirs n°117 - Serviteurs de l’État - avril 2006 - p.71-75

The trial dealing with the Mont Blanc Tunnel accident ended with a judgment that answered a number of questions raised by the July 2000 law about non-intentional delinquency. However, it also raised new questions, regarding in particular the nature of the sentence, the particular situation of local elected officials, the assessment of the seriousness of the careless action, the scope of the penal responsibility of public figures. These questions are discussed in the article in preparation for a debate to take place in a conference in the Senate on March 1st. Résumé

Référence électonique : Pierre FAUCHON, "The July 10, 2000 Law After the Mont Blanc Tunnel Judgment", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°117, 2006, p.71-75. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-July-10-2000-Law-After-the.html