La légitimation du notariat par le droit européen des droits de l'Homme

This is the English version of an article previously published in a French legal review : Legal week notary edition 2015, Study 1147, p. 51 (French references : JCP éd. N, 2015, Etude 1147, p. 51). The translation was done by A. Swords-McDonnell and C. Dauchez.Le document déposé correspond à une traduction inédite de l'article paru en français dans la revue française, ci-dessus référencée (n°hal-01483917). Les éditeurs ont donné leur accord pour la publication dans une archive ouverte d'une traduction de cet article.In France, Civil law Notaries were anointed by the civil code, which erected them as guardian of legal certainty in family and land legal relations. However, their national legitimacy is now eroding simultaneously with the authority of the State,which obeys the “Europe of Trade.” Civil law Notaries should root themselves in the law of the European convention on human rights in order to give them supra‐national legitimacy. The 111th French Notaries congress, which lead the profession in Strasbourg last May, appropriately showed them the way. Article 6§1 of the Convention can enable the civil law Notaries, privileged actors of preventive justice, to meet this “authentic challenge.