Paper's abstract

François Tricaud, The Trial of Criminal Procedure in the Age of Enlightment
From 1748, date of the Esprit des Lois, until 1788, the time for royal decisions announcing deep reforms of the repressive system, public opinion progressively, but quickly and completely, relinquished the criminal philosophy illustrated by the Ordonnance of 1670 and linked itself to new principles, widely spread by authors such as Beccaria and Voltaire. The article's purpose is to follow this evolution, mainly from the point of view of the questioning of criminal procedure.

Key Words : trial, criminal procedure, Voltaire, Beccaria
t. 39, 1994 : p. 145-167