Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar

From 1896 to 1960, Madagascar remained under French domination. The colonizer was to assure the administration of justice. French policy consisted in introducing into the judiciary organization French judges whose task it was to bring to the country Western values, thus playing an important role in...

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Main Author: Fara Aina Razafindratsima
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Language:fra
Published: Association Clio et Themis 2021-06-01
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/1373
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description From 1896 to 1960, Madagascar remained under French domination. The colonizer was to assure the administration of justice. French policy consisted in introducing into the judiciary organization French judges whose task it was to bring to the country Western values, thus playing an important role in colonial domination. However, at the same time, they were obliged to respect certain traditional native institutions. So, the judge has to accomplish a dual mission : to assure the protection of their customary law to the indigenous population, and to implement the law of metropolitan France to that indigenous population with a view to assimilate them to the French culture.
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Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
Clio@Themis
French judge
Court of Appeal
Madagascar
metropolitan law
local customs
title Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
title_full Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
title_fullStr Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
title_full_unstemmed Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
title_short Le magistrat français au carrefour de deux systèmes juridiques : un double rôle dans la distribution de la justice indigène à Madagascar
title_sort le magistrat francais au carrefour de deux systemes juridiques un double role dans la distribution de la justice indigene a madagascar
topic French judge
Court of Appeal
Madagascar
metropolitan law
local customs
url http://journals.openedition.org/cliothemis/1373
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