Principle of legality in French criminal law
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Principle of legality in French criminal law
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The principle of legality in French criminal law holds that no one may be convicted of a criminal offense unless a previously published legal text sets out in clear and precise wording the constituent elements of the offense and the penalty which applies to it.
(Latin:Nullum crimen, nulla pœna sine lege, in other words, "no crime, no penalty, without a law"). The principle of legality is one of the most fundamental principles of French criminal law, and goes back to the Penal Code of 1791 adopte
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French legal principle
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2024-04-18T12:13:40Z
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