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Death of Robert Badinter: the world of justice pays tribute to a model
How many lawyers or magistrates have seen Robert Badinter as a source of inspiration? After the announcement of his death on Friday February 9, justice paid tribute to him in numerous courts. – (France 2)
How many lawyers or magistrates have seen Robert Badinter as a source of inspiration? After the announcement of his death on Friday February 9, justice paid tribute to him in numerous courts.
Like him, they put on the dress with care. At the courthouse, this Friday February 9, the lawyers think of Robert Badinter. More than a former colleague, he is a model for Me Jallal Hamani, also a criminal lawyer. “When the professionalism of the lawyer combines ideas, public freedoms, convictions, it gives a man like him. There are not many, but we try to be a little like him,” he confides.
“A great lawyer, a great minister, and also a great judge”
Justice is in mourning even on the benches of the National School of Magistracy in Bordeaux (Gironde). In the afternoon, students observed a minute of silence. “Robert Badinter leaves us orphans of a humanist, committed, combative vision of justice of which he was a great advocate, a great minister, and also a great judge.” declared Isabelle Gorce, first president of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal.
A great teacher also according to his former students, who, by walking the court, modestly hope to follow in his footsteps. “He was a legal genius for me,” confides one of them. Through his words and his courage, the spirit of Robert Badinter will have a lasting impact on the body of lawyers.
