4 November 2026

VERGÈS, Étienne🕴

La procédure pénale hybride (Hybrid Criminal Procedure: On the CJIP Introduced by the Sapin II Act)

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► Full reference: É. Vergès, “La procédure pénale hybride. À propos de la convention judiciaire d’intérêt public issue de la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016…” (“Hybrid Criminal Procedure: On the Public Interest Judicial Agreement Introduced by Act No. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016”), legislative chronicle on criminal procedure, Revue de science criminelle et de droit pénal comparé 2017, No. 3, pp. 579-586.

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► Summary: In this legislative chronicle, the author places the CJIP within the movement towards contractualisation and privatisation of the criminal trial. He sets out its diverse objectives, its winding legislative path and the model of justice dominated by an economic logic, before characterising the agreement as a hybrid criminal procedure.