During its first days of existence, the Vichy regime ordered a review of recent naturalizations. In accordance with a law passed on July 22, 1940, denaturalization decisions were made on a case-by-case basis by a commission tasked with reviewing all naturalizations granted since 1927. Examining these cases collectively by quantifying a thousand denaturalization files takes into account any individual variations in decision making. Denaturalization procedures are an excellent field of investigation for observing the relation between an ideological project and its administrative implementation. This article opens a field of investigation that questions the boundary between discretionary and absolute power. It explores the consequences of leaving a degree of freedom to administrations in authoritarian regimes.

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专制国家手中的自由裁量权：维希政权下的非自然化研究（1940-1944）

在其存在的最初几天，维希政权下令对最近的入籍进行审查。根据 1940 年 7 月 22 日通过的一项法律，取消国籍决定由一个负责审查自 1927 年以来授予的所有入籍的委员会逐案作出。决策中的个体差异。去自然化程序是观察意识形态项目与其行政实施之间关系的绝佳调查领域。本文开启了一个调查领域，质疑自由裁量权和绝对权力之间的界限。它探讨了在专制政权中给行政部门留下一定程度的自由的后果。