I. General introduction
Latest of the laboratory’s research areas, the “Organizations and Governances” area aims to articulate and to boost the CRJ Pothier’s works on the mutations of all forms of organizations, whether they fall within the jurisdiction of public or private law, whether they are national, sub-national or supranational, whether they have a territorial basis or a purely functional logic, whether they belong to the public administration or to a private company, and, more broadly, whether they act for collective interest or are part of a purely profit-making and commercial approach.
The area’s aim is thus to question the legal phenomenon touching these organizations, and, while analyzing the renewal of the forms and the evolution of their action’s meaning (institutional mutations, new forms of governance, new public policies…), to examine their specificities in the public and private spheres, precisely when the traditional boundaries between them are becoming increasingly blurred. From this angle in particular, the focus is on analyzing the way in which these organizations are responding to the new challenges they face, in a wide variety of fields: technological, economic, ethical, climatic, political, social, health-related... In order to better understand these challenges, we look at the resulting institutional transformations, the changing ways in which power is exercised, the renewal of forms of action regulation, the consequences of newly developed public policies, and, more generally, the respective roles and place of public and private action in the face of the emergence of these different challenges, and even the changing boundaries between the public and private spheres that change can produce.
Although the “Organizations and Governance” area is dedicated to specifically disciplinary work (constitutional law, local government law, international law, business law, corporate law, tax law, competition law, labor law, civil service and public service law, European Union law, administrative law and litigation, etc.), it is also particularly well-suited to cross-disciplinary work. It is a privileged forum for collective research, and fosters exchanges not only between public and private lawyers (notably through the reflection it nurtures on the traditional public/private opposition), but also beyond, through the bridges it builds with other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (management in particular, but also history, sociology and economics).
This has led to work on changes in the justice system and the apparent convergence of administrative and civil proceedings (“orality in administrative proceedings”), on the reaffirmation of ethical requirements and the apparent reactivation of the public/private divide in this area (“the obliged worker”), on the renewal of instruments designed to promote respect for ethics and deontology in both public administrations and companies (“tools to support ethics”), and on the evolution of transnational cooperation in the face of migratory crises (“European Union-Turkey relations and the management of migratory flows”)...
The creation of this area is also legitimized and strengthened by the links it maintains with the master's programs and specialties to which it belongs, in private law (the master's degree in Social Law and Human Resources Management (DSGRH), the French and International Business Law specialization (DAFI, diploma in Krakow), the Business Law and Taxation specialization (DAF)) and in public law (the Master's specializations in Law and Management of Individuals and Local Public Policies (DMPL), Political Support Professions (MAP) and Public Law and Litigation (DCP)).
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II. Production
The production that can be linked to the “Organizations and governance” area, sometimes exclusively, sometimes based on work shared between several research areas, can be divided into three sub-groups: local governance, global governance and public/private governance.
Local governance
Symposiums and study days
- “Les exécutifs locaux”, annual symposium of the (French Association of Local Authority Law) (A.F.D.C.L.), organized by the CRJ Pothier at the University of Orléans and Hôtel Dupanloup on October 20 and 21, 2022; proceedings to be published (L'Harmattan, A.F.D.C.L. collection).
- “Communautés métropoles et santé. Vers un renouvellement des acteurs et politiques publiques locales en santé ?”, symposium co-organized by the CRJ Pothier (P. Allorant and F. Eddazi, dir.) and the CEDETE laboratory on November 9 and 10, 2022 at Hôtel Dupanloup, as part of the work carried out by the Orléans platform of the “POPSU Métropoles” program.
- “Le droit de l'aménagement commercial. Entre encadrement et contrôle”, study day organized by videoconference on March 19, 2021 by the CRJ Pothier (under the supervision of François Priet); proceedings published in the journal Droit & Ville, 2021/2, no. 92.
- “Loger les classes populaires dans la ville. Entre initiatives privées et interventions publiques”, symposium organized by the CRJ Pothier (under the direction of Pierre Belda, François Priet and Paule Quilichini) at Hôtel Dupanloup on December 12, 2018; proceedings published in the journal Droit & Ville, 2020/1, No. 89
Research contracts and funded research projects
- The POPSU research program (Observation Platform for Urban Projects and Strategies), a national research program dedicated to urban structures involving since 2019 researchers from CRJ Pothier and the CEDETE and POLEN laboratories at the University of Orléans, who are working more specifically in the POPSU Métropole program, specializing in metropolitan structures. Within this framework, a joint research team is exploring the links between metropolization and health (https://popsu.archi.fr/projet/orleans-metropole). A genuine “research-action” program, aimed in essence at simultaneously developing scientific knowledge and concrete transformative actions, the work carried out under the POPSU program has enabled a number of diagnoses and recommendations to emerge, aimed at local authorities and public authorities, with a view to adjusting the various health-related policies, particularly in terms of healthcare provision, in a local context that has long been marked by a glaring deficiency in this area.
- “Innovations in occupational health” research agreement. Multi-year agreements signed with Dreets Centre-Val de Loire since 2018, in partnership with occupational health services (CIHL and APST 18); carriers: Odile Levannier-Gouël and Marin de La Rochefoucauld. The shortage of occupational physicians in the Centre Val de Loire region means that we need to think about new ways of monitoring workers' health. To address this issue, the above-mentioned partners have set up an innovation laboratory for occupational health services. Within the framework of this laboratory, reflections and studies are proposed in order to offer diagnoses, audits and reform proposals.
- Report “Socle de la pratique professionnelle des services de santé au travail”, LISST, June 2019 submitted to the Direccte and then to the General Directorate of Labor, Ministry of Labor.
- Report "La prise en charge de la désinsertion professionnelle par les services de santé au travail", to be submitted in spring 2023
Events
- 1st Regional Occupational Health Forum organized with numerous institutional partners, September 16, 2022
- Workshop on telework and occupational health, December 9, 2022
Global governance
Scientific events and works
- F. Blanco, S. Gilbert, A. Jacquemet-Gauché, Autour de l’arrêt Blanco, Dalloz, collection « Thèmes et commentaires », 2023 ; symposium at the Conseil d'Etat (General Assembly Hall) on February 8, 2023 (150th anniversary of the Blanco ruling)
- Les risques climatiques, symposium organized by CRJ Pothier doctoral students at the University of Orléans on March 10, 2022; proceedings to be published (Mare et Martin, 2023).
- Louis-Antoine Macarel. Un juriste orléanais au service de la science et de l’État, symposium organized on December 2-3, 2021 by the Pothier Legal Research Center (under the direction of Pierre Allorant, Florent Blanco and Fouad Eddazi); proceedings to be published by L'Epitoge
- Le développement durable et le droit : perspectives internes et internationales, 6th Franco-Polish Legal Days organized by Pierre Serrand, Piotr Szwedo and Wojcieh Zagorski at the Jagiellonian University (Krakow) on October 21 and 22, 2021 (proceedings to be published by Mare et Martin, 2023)
- L’oralité dans le procès administratif, colloquium organized at the University of Orléans on June 24 and 25, 2021 (under the direction of Florent Blanco); enriched proceedings to be published (Fondation Varenne, Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie, collection “Colloques & Essais”, 2023)
- La coopération et le droit, symposium organized by CRJ Pothier doctoral students on March 11, 2021 at the University of Orléans; M. El Younssi, M. Zeimet (dir.), La coopération et le droit, L'Epitoge, 2023, volume XXXVIII (to be published)
- La détection de la fraude financière, la lutte contre le blanchiment d’argent et le financement du terrorisme. Une approche pluridisciplinaire : Data science, économie et droit, online conference organized on Friday, January 22, 2021 by the Pothier Legal Research Center (under the direction of Sandie Lacroix) and the LEO (under the direction of Denisa Banulescu-Radu), in collaboration with the MSH Centre-Val de Loire (“Money and Finance” research area).
- Constitution française, Constitution polonaise. Réflexions à l’occasion d’un soixantième anniversaire, 5th Franco-Polish legal days, organized by CRJ Pothier at the Senate (Palais du Luxembourg, salle Clémenceau) on November 23, 2018; N. Haupais, T. Pouthier, P. Szwedo, W. Zagorski (dir.), Le constitutionnalisme face au populisme en Europe centrale, Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie, coll. Transition & Justice, 2021
- La transparence, un droit fondamental ?, symposium organized at the University of Orléans on October 12, 2018; V. Barbé, O. Levannier-Gouël, S. Mauclair (dir.), La transparence, un droit fondamental ?, éditions L’Epitoge, 2020
- P. Serrand, P. Szwedo (dir.), L’injusticiabilité. Emergence d’une notion. Studies published as a tribute to Professor Jacques Leroy, Biblioteka Jagiellonska (Krakow), 2018
- Les relations Union européenne-Turquie : un nouveau modèle de coopération en matière de gestion des flux migratoires ?, symposium organized at the University of Orléans by CRJ Pothier (under the direction of Pierre-François Laval) on December 1, 2017; P.-F. Laval, K. Abderemane, La déclaration Union européenne Turquie. Ambiguïtés et défaillances d’un modèle de gestion des flux migratoires, éditions Bruylant, collection "Droit de l’Union européenne", 2023 (to be published)
Academic work cycles
- Religions and the pre-eminence of law; cycle of conferences and study days starting in 2019 (under the direction of Nicolas Haupais, Corinne Leveleux-Teixeira and Tristan Pouthier); cycle of works bringing together historians and legal historians specializing in the relationship between religion, law and power in major religious areas (Orthodox Christianity, Latin Christianity, ancient and medieval Judaism, Sunni and Shiite Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism) which gave rise to filmed lectures and a study day (“Religion et prééminence du droit dans le judaïsme antique”, study day organized by the CRJ Pothier on July 1, 2021 at Hôtel Dupanloup; proceedings to be published in the Revue française d'histoire des idées politiques in spring 2023).
Research contracts and funded research projects
- APR-IA “Crises and globalization” (2022-2025); project leaders: Camélia Turcu (LEO), Florent Blanco and Géraldine Goffaux (CRJ Pothier): this long-term, multi-disciplinary research project (law and economics) funded by the region brings together researchers from the CRJ Pothier and the Orléans Economics Laboratory (LEO). It has a strong international dimension, making it possible to initiate or strengthen a number of collaborations with foreign researchers, and aims to offer a dual reading - economic and legal - of the analysis of the major crises of the contemporary period in a context of globalization. The implementation of this research project will involve the organization of conferences, workshops and study days, as well as the final organization of a major international symposium bringing together jurists and economists on the theme of crises.
- APR-IA “RedFlag” (Detecting Fraud and Combating Money Laundering - 2019-2023); project leaders: Denisa Banulescu-Radu (LEO) and Sandie Lacroix-de Sousa (CRJ Pothier). This cross-disciplinary and international research project, which has received regional funding as part of the APR-IA 2019 wave, crosses the views of lawyers and economists on issues of fraud detection and the fight against money laundering. In particular, it has led to the development of partnerships with the University of Louvain in Belgium, Jagellonian University in Poland and Waseda University in Japan. A number of scientific events were organized within this framework:
- “La régulation des algorithmes en matière bancaire et financière”, conference organized on Wednesday April 6, 2022 at Hôtel Dupanloup by CRJ Pothier and LEO (under the direction of S. Lacroix-De Sousa, Denisa Banulescu-Radu and Christophe Hurlin)
- “La protection des lanceurs d'alerte et le droit de la compliance” (Marie-Anne Frison-Roche), conference organized at the Orléans Court of Appeal on Friday, December 3, 2021 by the Centre de recherche juridique Pothier (under the direction of Sandie Lacroix-de Sousa) and LEO (under the direction of Denisa Banulescu-Radu), in collaboration with the Orléans Bar Association and the Centre-Val de Loire Region
- “Ethics 2.0”, conference organized at the Hôtel Dupanloup on Thursday February 20, 2020 by the Pothier Legal Research Center (under the direction of Sandie Lacroix-de Sousa), the LEO (under the direction of Denisa Banulescu-Radu), the Association ELSA Orléans and the Master 2 DIPAT, in collaboration with the Chambre des notaires du Loiret, UNOFI, Coutot Roehrig and Olifan Group.
Social dialogue agreements
Two funding agreements (2018-2020 and 2021-2022) have been signed with the DREETS Centre-Val de Loire, aimed at carrying out legal studies and organizing conferences, roundtables and training courses around social dialogue, under the leadership of Odile Levannier-Gouël, Associate Professor and member of the CRJ Pothier.
Studies
- Collective agreements on professional equality, completed in June 2021
- Collective agreements on teleworking, completed in June 2021
Publication
- “La pauvreté des accords sur le télétravail dans le Loiret”, Semaine sociale Lamy, November 28, 2022, n°2023
Events
- Company collective bargaining, March 2021
- Collective bargaining, February 2019
- Collective performance agreements, March 2019
- The CSE, February 2018
Public / private governance
- “La maîtrise d'ouvrage public”, annual conference of the French Association of Administrative Law (AFDA), organized by the CRJ Pothier and AFDA at the University of Orléans on December 3, 2019; proceedings published in the journal Contrats-Marchés publics, n°4, 2020.
- « Loger les classes populaires dans la ville. Entre initiatives privées et interventions publiques », symposium organized by the CRJ Pothier (under the direction of Pierre Belda, François Priet and Paule Quilichini) at Hôtel Dupanloup on December 12, 2018; proceedings published in the journal Droit & Ville, 2020/1, No. 89
- Les outils au service de la déontologie. Regards croisés dans la fonction publique et dans l'entreprise, colloquium organized by the CRJ Pothier on December 7, 2018 (edited by Alexis Zarca); A. Zarca (dir.), Les outils au service de la déontologie. Regards croisés dans la fonction publique et dans l'entreprise, Dalloz, Thèmes et commentaires, 2020.
- Regards croisés sur les obligations de l'agent public et du salarié, colloquium organized by the CRJ Pothier on December 8, 2017 (edited by Alexis Zarca); A. Zarca (ed.), Le travailleur obligé. Regards croisés sur les obligations de l'agent public et du salarié, Dalloz, collection “Thèmes et commentaires”, 2019