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In the French legal system, economic justice is something apart, because the magistrates are not professional judges. They are storekeepers and company heads who don the robes to dispense justice. Created some 400 years ago by merchants to settle differences among themselves, the commercial courts continue to function in the business world and among companies in trouble. But we note that nine out of ten companies that declare bankruptcy and are liquidated bring about the suppression of tens of thousands of jobs each year. In 1998, a parliamentary investigative commission declared this justice bankrupt, pointing up very serious dysfunctions: corruption, collusion, legal incompetence of the judges. National representation recommended a far-reaching reform of the consular institution.
Ten years later, where are we? Why has no reform been voted? This film looks back on this troubled period and gives us a picture of this unusual institution.

France - 2007 - 52 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Bernard Bœspflug Writer Bernard Bœspflug Camera Michel Dunan Sound Maxime Gavaudan Editing Eric Renault Music Pierre Bœspflug

Production Les Films du Tambour de Soie, 68 rue Sainte, 13001 Marseille, France Tél : +33 (0)4 9133 3575 Fax : +33 (0)4 9133 3524 E-mail : tamtamsoie@tamtamsoie.net Co-Production Comic Strip Production Paris with the  participation of France 5

Sales Les Films du Tambour de Soie, 68 rue Sainte, 13001 Marseille, France Tél : +33 (0)4 9133 3575 Fax : +33 (0)4 9133 3524 E-mail : tamtamsoie@tamtamsoie.net