Jean-Pierre Michel (5 August 1938 – 24 January 2021) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014.
[1] As part of the study of the bill opening marriage to same-sex couples, as rapporteur of the Committee on Laws, he declared on February 13, 2013: "Me, my position is that something is just [or fair] because that's what the law says, that's all.
The philosopher Thibaud Collin interjects: "Ah, I see, the basis of justice is thus the result of a balance of power?"
"(Starting at 1:40:01 in the full video of the committee hearing on 13 February 2013, can be found on YouTube but not linked to.)
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