What will change the generalization of departmental criminal courts

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Since January 1, a new jurisdiction hitherto in the experimental phase has become widespread: the disappearance of popular juries in certain assize courts and the creation of departmental criminal courts. These criminal courts are composed only of five professional magistrates, there are no jurors, while they represented the particularity and the very essence of this trial court.