The Defense in the Dock
Professional Purges of French Lawyers After the Second World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20047574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liora Israël (0000-0002-5420-2332, Centre Maurice-Halbwachs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 163-176 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Dealing with Wars and Dictatorships (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | T.M.C. Asser Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-90-6704-930-6_10 |
| OpenAlex | W937665586 |
| ISBN | 9789067049306 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
While in exile in London and then in Algiers, the French Government led by General de Gaulle discussed the question of legal purges to be organized in the liberated territories. Professional purges were one of the building blocks of the multiple-stage process known generally as the épuration. This chapter focuses on a very peculiar sort of épuration: the professional purge of lawyers. It aims to address such professional processes from a sociological perspective while paying attention to the legal dimension. This professional case is a concrete example of the effects of political transitions in the social fabric
Criminology · DOCK · Political science · Engineering · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · North African History and Literature · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |