A Comparative Study of the Arrangement of Court Sessions in Iranian and French Law

The arrangement of criminal hearings is one of the important issues of criminal law that has not been discussed much. In this article, an attempt has been made to compare the arrangement of court sessions in Iranian and French law. The current article is descriptive and analytical, and it has been investigated using the library method. The findings indicate that the arrangements for criminal proceedings in Iranian and French law have a lot in common. In both Iranian and French laws, investigations and preliminary hearings are conducted after the discovery of a crime or the declaration of a crime by the accused or the prosecutor. Then it's time to issue a hearing order, determine the jurisdiction of the court and hold a preliminary hearing. Appeals and appeals are the sessions after the trial court. In the criminal law of France and Iran, the legislator did not accept a one-stage trial and for this reason, he has foreseen different stages so that there is no doubt about the legality of the final decision. Despite this, the courts of first instance, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court have duties and powers in compliance with the principle of legal proceedings. These duties and powers are wider in French law.