2014
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Damien Salles, « Endoscopie d’un privilège : le committimus dans l’ancien droit », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10670/1.c89tj0
At the dawn of the revolution the monarchy had not succeeded in rationalizing the course of civil justice in spite of a great many reformations. There are still numerous exceptions and jurisdictional privileges which disrupt the course of lawsuits and prevent the unification of the law. The ancestral committimus, which is still in effect, perfectly illustrates this failure and symbolizes the complex and deadly relationship between the monarchy and privileges. Yet, in the first half of the 14th century, when it was instituted, it contributed to the construction of the State and contributed to the common good. It aimed at favouring the service to the king when dispensing justice and thus, the service to the crown.