L'exception culturelle, combat d'arrière-garde ?

The Digital Dimension of European Cultural Politics: Index, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance

“…He thus vacillates between cultural exceptionalism as it has been inscribed in French cultural politics (Farchy 2004), and political proceduralism, as it is understood by Habermas (1994). The former culturalist reasoning is primarily found in the discourses of the EU Commission and the stake-holders.…”

“…Following Charles Taylor, one could account for the obsession with cultural heritage as being a part of a more general trend -the right to recognition (Taylor & Gutmann 1994). This right to recognition has been appropriated by the French protectionist strategy of French, and European, culture in the face of US cultural hegemony by advocating first cultural exceptionalism, and later modifying it as cultural diversity (Farchy 2004).…”

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“…In the above quote, Jeanneney invokes two central themes: he presupposes a European unity, and he emphasises the importance of Enlightenment as a political practice that stresses the need for a public framework to ensure public accountability. He thus vacillates between cultural exceptionalism as it has been inscribed in French cultural politics (Farchy 2004), and political proceduralism, as it is understood by Habermas (1994). The former culturalist reasoning is primarily found in the discourses of the EU Commission and the stake-holders.…”

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“…La Cour n'est parvenue à aucun consensus sur la question de savoir si la Charte s'applique à des litiges privés entre des parents relativement à la garde et à l'accès. Toutefois, les juges majoritaires des deux arrêts ont convenu que, dans la mesure où les droits garantis par la Charte s'appliquent, le critère de « l'intérêt supérieur » y est conforme puisque la discrétion judiciaire permet de tenir compte des droits religieux d'un parent 89 .…”

“…des théories juridiques françaises 493 en droit civil québécois réception de la théorie en l'absence de décision des tribunaux supérieurs. « […] [W]e were deprived of a golden opportunity to obtain from the Judicial Committee a pronouncement and a final direction on the doctrine of unjustified enrichment and on its applicability in the province of Quebec », déplorait le juge Rinfret 89 . Ayant consacré tout une étude à l'enrichissement injustifié en droit québécois, il conclut d'ailleurs : « It has not yet received recognition from the higher courts, either the Court of appeal of the province or the Supreme Court of Canada » 90 .…”