Minimul special al pedepsei în Dreptul francez: între întuneric și lumină

Abstract

The minimum sentences, that is to say the sentences for which the legislator imposes the pronouncement of a minimum quantum, have in French criminal law a chaotic history which reflects a measured confidence of the legislator in the judge for the sentencing. While they disappeared with the reform of the Penal Code in 1994, it seems that the minimum sentences are gradually returning in French criminal law.