Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-05
FRENCH LAW COURTS
Impress OF Napoleon on Her
Jurisprudence.
ITS GOOD AND BAD FEATURES.
PeevlIarliles Of Judges and Iurles Justice Is
Plenty but Judicial Salaries Are
Emotional Elements
Al Play.

Paris. Feb. %. --,fho great Bonnpnrto
Impressed himself almost as much upon
iufiaprudcncc Of France M upon the
qnnnls which tecm with hcr military eN
plota. To be strictly cxucL We must
credit the origin OF tile Code Napoleon
10 those stormy conventions which tuled
frnncc dnring the revolutionary period,
But it was under the consulate hud the
hrst empire that this work was com
plet,Ad aud Inevitably the code which
bears the tame of this remarkable man
received from bis genius ils lnal ipprots
Of thOrCughness and Justice. This Code
Napoleon h really u serpa of five codes,
and with only slight notifications, these
being wholly inadequate. ns many think.
% meet the altered conditions OF French
society. Il has remained spite Of nll
changes of government, ns the supreme
guide In both civil rnd criminal proceed
ing down 60 the present day
The appointment OF Judges rs in the
hnnds of the president 81 the Republic.
who. Of course ig advised in This delicate
business by the ministry Of Justice
Practically the Office u judge ~ ono
which terminates oniy when the limit pl
firing then upon pension. a justice OF
the peace, however. may Doc removed nt
any time by the bend 0f the state Tie
president can dep0ie such person by y
word. Bui this power h only exercised
Ia cases Of e2trc1nc necessity, ana ~ re-.
CARDS the judges Of higher rank, The PRES.
idrut can exercise the power Of removal
IA their cases Only with The consent Of
The cont OF cessation, This court an
swors somewhat 20 our own Supreme
court. IN ordinary law eases II has no
initiative, ita province being merely tu
review, for approval or rejection, the
contested decisions of certain other
tribunals.
JUDGES POORLY PAID
Like most Of the public Officials of
France her JUDGES are poorly PAID. IN
Englaud u rs always good pay Or no my
.Iusiices Of peace in that nation serve thor
country solely for the honor involved. IN
France the ordinary pay of such persons
h ab0nt $500 year To skip from the
lowest 20 the highest The Englihh chief
lnstice pockets stipend fnlly equal 20
that Of the occupant Of our presidential
chair, whereas The highest Judge TO-
France the Grat president Of the court ol
cussation, has 70 support his dimuy. we
are assured, on yearly salary Of about
$1,000 This " certainly making Justice
Cheap enough aud IL no doubt inurea al
the advantage Of lihgania Do reduced
eosts But II also has the eiicct ot OK
Guiding from judicial Office all who have
MOI M NNANNNf AANNiiiff AtA ~ ~ lMfNNN'NANH
nble That high digniiarics ~ state can
keep np appearances with no funds ~
drnw upon save the mcaHer salaries IN
etanccd above. Ono would think, too
thaf such ill-pnid Judges would be 10 dan
Ger ~ corruption, Int ae the ifrcnch
Themselves ara l0i complaining on tnis
score. Il would hnrdlY b. proper for a
foreigner 10 Do 80, and perhaps. after
MI me French people are a. bOngrablg
served for these small expenditures aa
soinc other nnti0ns afenot excepting our
own even. for much larger ones
Where judges cost 40 liiiic you may
naturally look for u great prOfugiou OF
ihon. rod No Il - ~ France Each Ar
rondiepmant has rs court ~ hfsf iu-
stance and lhe courts ~ appeal. Gistrib-
utcl throughout The entire county, NUM-
bar f,ycuty-aix The latter, Tor further
convenience nre subdiYided into az many
different chambers as the particular
loealify may neeh. and carh u these
chambers has d Judicial stan Or bali "a
8ozen or ~ The other courts have also
fnil staff Of judges, lull bench Of
The court ~ cessation consisting ~ for
tF-nine This, TOO. exclusive Of the outs
~ court OF pnr0uet, az if u called.
I'hia consists Ol The pfOeDrat0r general
and srcafai advocates, who hold tech
pieally ne position ~ judges their work
Ieine fe preuafe cases for trial. and az
t.ru'srsls - idiot them through The paf-
ones Il featpn ~ all ffench courts
II answers. n meaapre - Ger ew1