Happy Bastille Day!

Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, late in the evening of 4 August, after a very stormy session of the Assemblée constituantefeudalism was abolished.

On 26 August, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen) was proclaimed.

One of my favorite posts here is one of my first after launching the website and blog (September of 2016), tracing the origins of our jury trial rights that we celebrate on this day. Link is here:

What Is A Jury Trial (No. 1)?