English translation of "jurisdiction de circonstance" - "ad hoc jurisdiction"

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48 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	jurisdiction de circonstance
Context:	La « sauvegarde » de ces « biens sans maître » allait pouvoir s’ef- fectuer en zone occupée sans crainte de léser des ressortissants fran- çais dont les biens avaient été cependant garantis par l’armistice. Les accords internationaux n’ont pas davantage à intervenir en leur faveur, comme l’a démontré Utikal, mais en l’occurrence l’État français n’y perd ni ses droits, ni ses avantages, puisque, précise- t-il dans son rapport du 3 novembre 1941 : « Le Reich a, par un procédé magnanime, renoncé au bénéﬁce de l’État français, aux biens immobiliers et aux autres biens juifs en France, ne mettant en sûreté que les documents de recherche et les biens culturels appartenant à des Israélites. » Battue et satisfaite, telle devait être la réaction ofﬁcielle de la France… Si tendancieuse que soit cette juridiction de circonstance, l’ap- plication en est directe et brutale. Une lourde mainmise s’abat sur les chefs-d’œuvre de nombreuses collections.

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48 months ago

CMD wrote:

opportunist/opportunistic juridiction

My comment:

"tactically opportune in light of current developments"
NB: de circonstance = qui est fait ou est utile pour une occasion particulière (cf Le Robert)

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48 months ago

martynback wrote:

...sure, but the correct legal term is "ad hoc" (meaning "created for a particular purpose rather than being planned in advance"). "Ad hoc jurisdiction" is a rather common term.

48 months ago

CMD wrote:

... but "ad hoc jurisdiction" : cf acc. to Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , which allows a state that is not a party to the Statute to “accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court” by way of a declaration lodged with the registrar ... IMO, it's a real legal technical term whereas "de circonstance" is general idiomatic expression

48 months ago

martynback wrote:

You're right, but "ad hoc" is both a technical term and a common idiom (an ad hoc committee, ad hoc decisions...) I think it works very well here as a translation of "de circonstance".

48 months ago

CMD wrote:

... sure "ad hoc" as common term (and also opp. to "standing") : ad hoc decision, ad hoc committee, ad hoc arrangement etc

48 months ago

martynback wrote:

ad hoc jurisdiction

My comment:

ad hoc meaning "created for a particular purpose", which is what "de circonstance" means here

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48 months ago

CMD wrote:

Thanks. Makes sense, in view of the context.