Henri Leclerc is revered enough to be referred to by his first name alone. He is the last pope of the French bar since the death of the man who was six years his senior.
Robert Badinter dominated the fray because he had abolished the death penalty. We must rewatch his speech of September 17, 1981 to imagine what his major pleadings at the assizes could have been. “I have the honor, on behalf of the government… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 75% left to discover.