European Human Rights Convention Is Used to Overturn French Fines for Late Payment of Taxes

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Sunday, June 1, 1997

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

13

Issue:

6

229-230

Abstract:

On May 5, 1997, the French Court of Appeals (Cour de Cassation) overturned penalties against a person for failure to pay vehicle registration charges in 1993 on the basis that it violates the provisions in the Council of Europe Human Rights Convention ... [more]