France’s Judicial Revolution
France has long been allergic to constitutional review of legislation, allowing ordinary citizens to seek redress only in 2008. In the year since that reform was implemented, the process is working remarkably well.
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PARIS – A new and important acronym has entered the French political lexicon: QPC, which stands for the rather austere-sounding “Priority preliminary ruling on the question of constitutionality.” Under QPC, which was part of the constitutional reforms that France implemented in July 2008, any citizen involved in legal proceedings can now contest the constitutionality of a legislative provision.