{"id":450,"date":"2022-01-04T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassatie.lemon.be\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:53:40","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"450\" data-post-id=\"450\" data-obj-id=\"450\" class=\"elementor elementor-450 dce-elementor-post-450 elementor-25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75ac8c7 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75ac8c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f22d016\" data-id=\"f22d016\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e754d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9e754d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a43900\" data-id=\"1a43900\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b7d649 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b7d649\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5537a6\" data-id=\"f5537a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1230d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1230d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ff0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49ff0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To find out more about the history of the Bar at the Court of Cassation, we refer you to the following contributions:<\/p><ul><li>R. B\u00fctzler &amp; H. Geinger, \u201cKleine kroniek van de Orde van Advocaten bij het Hof van Cassatie\u201d, in <em>Liber amicorum Lucien Simont<\/em>, Bruylant, 2002, 11-32<\/li><li>W. van Eeckhoutte, \u201cDe Balie Bij Het Hof van Cassatie\u202f: Oorsprong en Evolutie\u201d,\u00a0<em>Pro memorie<\/em> (Hilversum), Georges Martyn et al. (ed.), vol. 11, no. 1\u20132, 2009, pp. 297\u2013318<\/li><li>J. de Brouwer &amp; S. Vandenbogaerde, <em>Geschiedenis van de balie bij het Hof van Cassatie- Histoire du barreau pr\u00e8s la Cour de cassation<\/em>, P. Lefebvre &amp; C. De Baets (ed.), KnopsPublishing, 2023<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6016c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df6016c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>SOME STRIKING CASSATION LAWYERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ec137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ec137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note: dates indicate the period during which the lawyers listed were members of the cassation bar.<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em><strong>Pierre Sanfourche-Laporte<\/strong><\/em><\/span> : 1832 &#8211; 1852 <br \/>Mr Sanfourche-Laporte was born and graduated in France. He was among the first group of ten cassation lawyers appointed in 1832. He was the first Bar president, elected in 1837.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em><strong>Auguste Beernaert<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: 1859 &#8211; 1912<br \/>Mr Beernaert, who was appointed a lawyer at the Court of Cassation at thirty already, was also a long time member and then president of the Chamber of Representatives. He also became a minister and later a minister of state. He represented Belgium at the peace congresses in The Hague in 1899 and 1907, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1909.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em><strong>Edmond Picard<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: 1880 &#8211; 1920<br \/>Mr Picard was a very versatile man as a sailor, lawyer, professor, senator, art expert, patron, writer, publicist. The Pandectes belges, the Journal des Tribunaux, and the Codes Edmond Picard are due to him, as well as the presence of works of art in the Palace of Justice in Brussels and other public places. However, his anti-semitism is a lasting stain on his record.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em><strong>Paul Struye<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: 1938 &#8211; 1974<br \/>During World War II, Mr Struye was one of the driving forces behind the Cassation Bar&#8217;s protest against the regime of the German occupiers and its measures of deportation and forced labour. He is also remembered as the proposer of a bill to allow women to become lawyers at the Court of Cassation, which was passed in May 1947.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em><strong>C\u00e9cile Draps<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: 1980 &#8211; 2008<br \/>Mr Draps was the first woman to be appointed a lawyer at the Cout of cassation, in 1980. She was president of the Bar from 1996-1998.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History HISTORY To find out more about the history of the Bar at the Court of Cassation, we refer you to the following contributions: R. B\u00fctzler &amp; H. Geinger, \u201cKleine kroniek van de Orde van Advocaten bij het Hof van Cassatie\u201d, in Liber amicorum Lucien Simont, Bruylant, 2002, 11-32 W. van Eeckhoutte, \u201cDe Balie Bij &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/history\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3855,"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450\/revisions\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocass.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}