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régime d’exception

English translation: emergency regime


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French term or phrase:régime d’exception
English translation:emergency regime
Entered by: Anna Kiff
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16:49 Sep 13, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
French term or phrase: régime d’exception
Talking about changes in overseas France regarding the indigenous issue:
"Ces changements sont le produit d’une histoire coloniale caractérisée par des idéaux républicains plus rhétoriques qu’assumés et de cadres institutionnels fondés sur l’arbitraire, les inégalités instituées et les régimes d’exception"
Anna Kiff
Local time: 18:00
regime with emergency powers
Explanation:
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3. Le Burkina Faso depuis son accession à la souveraineté nationale a connu, à l'instar d'autres Etats africains, ses régimes démocratique et d'exception.

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/be5aef802e39b72880...

3. Since becoming an internationally recognized sovereign State, Burkina Faso, like other African States, has been governed by democratic regimes and regimes with emergency powers.
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/c890d4d0425787ba80...
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egunn
Local time: 17:00
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help. After further research, it seems it's actually 'emergency regime', but you put me on the right track.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4regime with emergency powers
egunn
4 +2case-specific regulatory systemsMerit
3 +1ad hoc regimesJosephine79
4exceptional regimesSylvia Smith
3unlawful / illegal situationsxxxPFB


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
régime d’exception
case-specific regulatory systems


Explanation:
The régimes d'exception means regulations specific to the outre mer, if I've understood correctly.

This is "régime" in the sense of regulations/system, and not government, though they are for the most part estbalished by, and administered by government.


Merit
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Lyons: or "rule by exception"
4 mins
  -> Thanks, but I think Phillip is right.

agree  xxxPFB: rule by exception
42 mins
  -> Emergency powers as Phillip says.
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
régime d’exception
unlawful / illegal situations


Explanation:
a sugestion
Parts of the French Empire were not ruled according to "la loi républicaine", supposedly applicable to all and sundry, but by local governors etc who chose not to apply it, always for a very good reason, of course...

xxxPFB
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of: French
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
régime d’exception
regime with emergency powers


Explanation:
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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-13 17:17:07 GMT)
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3. Le Burkina Faso depuis son accession à la souveraineté nationale a connu, à l'instar d'autres Etats africains, ses régimes démocratique et d'exception.

http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/be5aef802e39b72880...

3. Since becoming an internationally recognized sovereign State, Burkina Faso, like other African States, has been governed by democratic regimes and regimes with emergency powers.
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/c890d4d0425787ba80...


egunn
Local time: 17:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help. After further research, it seems it's actually 'emergency regime', but you put me on the right track.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxPFB
32 mins

agree  Nick Lingris
4 hrs

agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz: yes and ain't it gross
7 hrs

agree  Merit: You're right, I went off in another direction...
8 hrs
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régime d’exception
exceptional regimes


Explanation:
My understanding is that these are leaders [regimes] who consider themselves above the law, or who are formed outside of the law. This seems to fit with the tone of arbitrary and institutionalized inequalities.

So "exceptional" as in an exception to the law. Or perhaps "exclusive" regimes.

Sylvia Smith
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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régime d’exception
ad hoc regimes


Explanation:
I understand "regimes d'exception" to mean that basically they make it up as they go along, as it suits them, regardless of the republican ideals they are supposed to follow. I think someone else suggested a "case by case" basis: rather than applying the same rules to all.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc
Josephine79
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  verbis
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