Jean Cabannes (magistrate)

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Jean Cabannes
Born2 March 1925
Mirande, France
Died1 July 2020(2020-07-01) (aged 95)
NationalityFrench
OccupationJurist

Jean Cabannes (2 March 1925 – 1 July 2020) was a French magistrate and jurist.[1] He was best known for being a member of the French Constitutional Council.

Biography

Following his studies, Cabannes first worked as a trainee lawyer in

Ordre national du mérite from 1964 to 1969. He was an attorney general with the Court of Appeal of Paris from 1969 to 1976, then started working as an advisor to the Court of Cassation
in 1976.

From 1977 to 1980, Cabannes worked in the cabinet of former

Minister of Justice Alain Peyrefitte
. In 1981, he was appointed First Attorney General to the Court of Cassation, a position he kept until 1989, when he gained retirement rights. He then became Honorary Attorney General.

In 1987, Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appointed Cabannes leader of a taskforce assessing the toxic relationship between the police and gendarmes. In 1989, he was appointed to the Constitutional Council by Senate President Alain Poher. In 2003, Minister of Justice Dominique Perben entrusted Cabannes with a "reflection committee on ethics in the judiciary".

Outside of his judicial career, Cabannes served as Vice-President of the Les Amitiés de la Résistance.

Jean Cabannes died on 1 July at the age of 95.

Distinction

  • Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (2008)[2]

Publications

  • Le personnel gouvernemental sous la Cinquième République (1959–1986) (1998)
  • Principes de justice: mélanges en l'honneur de Jean-François Burgelin (2008)

References

  1. ^ "Monsieur Jean CABANNES". avis-de-deces.net (in French). 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Décret du 30 janvier 2008 portant maintien en fonctions et nomination de membres du conseil de l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 1 February 2008.
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