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Justice, la communication en procès

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The relationship between justice and communication can be conceived as early as antiquity, through rhetoric and the art of eloquence, in the service of law. Any instruction, any judgment, calls for commentary, with the weight of argumentation, if not persuasion. But communication, in its modern conception, refers first of all to information, with functional expectations. In matters of justice, this amounts to promoting clear, useful, effective information. Such as it is, a functionalist approach that is both elementary and pretentious, because far from thinking about communication in its richness and complexity, from the functional to the symbolic. It is not simply a question of justice to transmit information, but of giving meaning and authority to its mission, of cultivating its image among citizens, of making a link. The institution's discourse is now caught in the network of media and social networks, both polyphony and cacophony, where everyone wants to make their voice heard, even if it means freeing themselves from the constraints of legitimacy. It is up to the institution to evolve in its communication.