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an incident that attracts great public attention
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" (同)do, make
a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" (同)reason, grounds
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
the act of causing something to happen (同)causation

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〈U〉『原因』,起因;〈C〉原因となる人(物事) / 〈U〉『正当な理由』,根拠,動機 / 《the~》(…という)(身を捧げるべき)主義,主張,目的《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈U〉〈C〉訴訟[の理由];申し立て / …'を'『原因となる』,'を'引き起こす,もたらす(bring about)

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A cause célèbre (/ˈkɔːz səˈlɛb/; French: [koz selɛbʁ], famous case, plural causes célèbres) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate.^[1] The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases.^[2]

The term is a French phrase in common usage in English. In French, cause means, here, a legal case, and célèbre means "famous". The phrase originated with the 37-volume Nouvelles Causes Célèbres, published in 1763, which was a collection of reports of well-known French court decisions from the 17th and 18th centuries. While English speakers had used the phrase for many years, it came into much more common usage after the 1894 conviction of Alfred Dreyfus for espionage, which attracted worldwide interest. Often politicians and social gadflies will become involved in order to use the media attention surrounding the case to promote their own agendas.

It has been noted that the public attention given to a particular case or event can obscure the facts, rather than clarifying them. As one observer states, "[t]he true story of many a cause célèbre is never made manifest in the evidence given or in the advocates' orations, but might be recovered from these old papers when the dust of ages has rendered them immune from scandal".^[3]

Notable examples of cases and events described by this term include:

The R v Dudley and Stephens cannibalism case
Vera Zasulich trial^[4]
The Dreyfus affair^[5]
Wesley Cook shooting of Daniel Faulkner
Beilis case^[6]
Sacco and Vanzetti trial
Bombing of Dresden in World War II^[7]
Rodney King incident^[8]
The O.J. Simpson murder case^[9]
Julian Assange case^[10]
Pussy Riot trial^[11]
Shooting of Trayvon Martin
Amanda Knox trial^[12]

References

^ The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy; third edition, 2002.
^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; fourth edition, 2000.
^ John Humffreys Parry, "Whistler v. Ruskin: An Attorney's Story of a Famous Trial", in The Living Age ... (1921), Volume 308, p. 346.
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=bWRZAgAAQBAJ
^ Edgar Sanderson, Historic Parallels to L'affaire Dreyfus (1900), p. 265: "The unique cause célèbre of the nineteenth century, L'Affaire Dreyfus, is conspicuous for every kind of wickedness that can be brought to bear against an innocent man".
^ http://books.google.com/books?id=1RlmAQAAQBAJ
^ Selden (2004), p. 30. Cites Ronald Schaffer. Note: The casualty figures are now considered to be lower than those from the firebombing of some other Axis cities; see Tokyo 9–10 March 1945, approximately 100,000 dead, and Hamburg July 1943, approximately 50,000 dead (Grayling 2006, p. 20)
^ http://news.yahoo.com/rodney-king-traffic-stop-inflamed-l-162500101.html
^ Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice (2001), Chapter 1: "A more recent cause célèbre of the American criminal justice system was the murder trial of former football star O.J. Simpson, which provoked widespread consternation, not only because of its “not guilty” verdict in the face of massive evidence to the contrary, but also because of the sheer length of time that the trial took".
^ http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41914.html
^ http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/how_to_become_a_cause_celebre_a_guide_for_political_prisoners/14460
^ Barry, Colleen. "New Amanda Knox trial under way in Florence". USA Today. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

External links

Look up cause célèbre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

English Journal

Gynaecologists and the treatment of Garibaldi's ankle wound.

Lippi D1, Donell S.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology.Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol.2013 Oct;170(2):315-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.07.013. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
The hero of Italian Unification, Guiseppe Garibaldi, sustained a bullet wound to the ankle that caused an international sensation at the time as various surgeons from Italy, France, Russia and Great Britain vied to manage the injury. In particular the question was whether the bullet was still presen
PMID 23932301

"Trade policy, not morals or health policy": the US Trade Representative, tobacco companies and market liberalization in Thailand.

MacKenzie R1, Collin J2.
Global social policy.Glob Soc Policy.2012 Aug;12(2):149-172.
The enforced opening of Thailand's cigarette market to imports in 1990 has become a cause celebre in debates about the social and health impacts of trade agreements. At the instigation of leading US-based cigarette manufacturers, the US Trade Representative (USTR) threatened trade sanctions against
PMID 25705122

Prêt-à-Manger: why the French have their cake and eat it, too.

Le Billon KB.
Dissent.Dissent.2012;59(2):33-8.
Even if you weren't aware of the rising intensity of debates over food politics in recent years, the face-off between Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama probably caught your attention. One of Michelle Obama's most high profile acts as First Lady was to plant an organic food garden on the White House law
PMID 22834047

Japanese Journal

近代文学にあらわれた女性像 : フランス文学・文化の影響によるヒロインの誕生

赤瀬雅子
桃山学院大学人間科学 9, 1-24, 1995-07-20
… Elle nait dans une famille de Bushi (chevaliers japonais), qui est dechue a cause de la revolution. … Apres cinq ans, il retourna au Japon ou le monde des lettres lui fit bon accueil car il etait deja celebre. … Il s'agit de son chef d'oeuvre dans lequel l'auteur parle parfois directement avec les lecteurs et evoque souvent le personnage de LOTI dont le celebre ouvrage, "Madame Chrysantheme", lui servit de source d'inspiration. …
NAID 110004696358

韓国の民族宗教とキリスト教 : 檀君教教祖のキリスト教改宗をめぐって

渕上恭子
宗教と社会 (創刊号), 49-76, 1995-06-10
去る1993年7月、朝鮮の国祖檀君を祀る韓国の民族宗教である「檀君教本部聖殿」の教祖で、パクス巫堂(男性降神巫)にして韓国の政財界人のお抱え占い師・霊能師であったK氏が、「ハナニム」の召命によってキリスト教に改宗し、韓国の宗教界に多大なる衝撃を与えている。檀君教教祖の劇的な回心には、朝鮮の宗教史における民族宗教・檀君教とキリスト教間の「ハナニム」-元来朝鮮民族の神であるが、今ではキリスト教の神とな …
NAID 110007653176

中世京都における祠堂銭金融の展開

中島圭一
史學雜誌 102(12), 2073-2105, 2220-2221, 1993-12-20
… Le shidosen est essentiellement une caisse alimentee par les dons de croyants du zen desireux qu'on celebre apres leur mort un office pour leur ame tous les ans ou tous les mois, et ce jusqu'a la fin des temps. … Mais a l'epoque de Sengoku, les seigneurs feodaux remettent en cause ce privilege pour ne plus l'accorder qu'a certains temples a titre de faveur. …
NAID 110002366854

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n.

原因。理由。根拠。動機
大義、大目的、目標、手技、主張、～運動、(～の)ため(for, of)
訴訟(事件)。(訴訟の)申し立て、言い訳。[fig]決定を要すること、論争

vt.

～の原因となる、引き起こす。(人)に(心配などを)与える、もたらす。(人)に～させる(to do)

She craves control in her interpersonal relationships, often causing them to disintegrate.

[1] The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy; third edition, 2002.

[2] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; fourth edition, 2000.

[3] John Humffreys Parry, "Whistler v. Ruskin: An Attorney's Story of a Famous Trial", in The Living Age ... (1921), Volume 308, p. 346.

[4] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=bWRZAgAAQBAJ

[5] Edgar Sanderson, Historic Parallels to L'affaire Dreyfus (1900), p. 265: "The unique cause célèbre of the nineteenth century, L'Affaire Dreyfus, is conspicuous for every kind of wickedness that can be brought to bear against an innocent man".

[6] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=1RlmAQAAQBAJ

[7] Selden (2004), p. 30. Cites Ronald Schaffer. Note: The casualty figures are now considered to be lower than those from the firebombing of some other Axis cities; see Tokyo 9–10 March 1945, approximately 100,000 dead, and Hamburg July 1943, approximately 50,000 dead (Grayling 2006, p. 20)

[8] ttp://news.yahoo.com/rodney-king-traffic-stop-inflamed-l-162500101.html

[9] Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice (2001), Chapter 1: "A more recent cause célèbre of the American criminal justice system was the murder trial of former football star O.J. Simpson, which provoked widespread consternation, not only because of its “not guilty” verdict in the face of massive evidence to the contrary, but also because of the sheer length of time that the trial took".

[10] ttp://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/41914.html

[11] ttp://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/how_to_become_a_cause_celebre_a_guide_for_political_prisoners/14460

[Amanda_Knox-12] Barry, Colleen. "New Amanda Knox trial under way in Florence". USA Today. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

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