The Council of State is the highest court in the French administration: it settles disputes between citizens and the State, and its decisions are final.
It also acts as legal adviser to the government, providing opinions to secure and improve laws and decrees.
Making administrative justice accessible and tangible. Demonstrating that the Council of State has a direct impact on citizens' lives and that its decisions are not reserved for specialists.
The Administrative Justice Primer illustrates, from A to Z, how its decisions impact our daily lives: cookies, yoghurts, Ferris wheels and antennas become visual reminders of a living law.
These 26 photographs from the Wipplay collection, one per letter, illustrate a decision by the Council of State accompanied by a short text explaining its concrete impact. The ABCs can be viewed online and via an exhibition on the railings of the Council of State.



