High Court of Justice of France

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court judicial body special court

The High Court of Justice of France is a special judicial body empowered to try the President of the Republic and certain high officials for serious breaches of duty under the French Fifth Republic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Court of Justice of the Republic (France)	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ special court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French Fifth Republic ⓘ
canImpose	criminal penalties ⓘ removal from office ⓘ
competence	high crimes ⓘ serious breaches of duty ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
governmentBranch	judicial branch of France ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	President of the French Republic ⓘ certain high officials of France ⓘ members of the Government of France ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	applies only to highest office-holders ⓘ extraordinary jurisdiction ⓘ limited subject-matter jurisdiction ⓘ
hasProceedingsType	impeachment-like proceedings ⓘ
jurisdiction	national jurisdiction of France ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the French Fifth Republic
legalSystem	French legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Paris ⓘ
partOf	French judiciary ⓘ
relatedTo	Parliament of France ⓘ surface form: French Parliament Government of France ⓘ President of the French Republic ⓘ surface form: President of France
role	trying certain high officials for serious breaches of duty ⓘ trying the President of the Republic for serious breaches of duty ⓘ
seeAlso	Constitutional Council of France ⓘ court of cassation ⓘ surface form: Court of Cassation (France) High Court of Justice of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Court of Justice of the Republic (France)
subjectTo	French 1946 Constitution ⓘ surface form: French Constitution French statutory law ⓘ
typeOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Constitution of the Fifth Republic → definesInstitution → High Court of Justice of France ⓘ

High Court of Justice of France → seeAlso → High Court of Justice of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Justice of the Republic (France)