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The French Constitution of October 1958 set out a mixed model of administration of justice through the court system. The powers to organize departments, provide the courts with material resources, and administer the courts were granted to the Minister of Justice, who is the guarantor of the administrative unity of the judicial organization. The codes of procedure and judicial organization devolved these “judicial administration measures” to the heads of the courts and jurisdictions. This article illustrates the contemporary practice of judges and prosecutors in two of these ministerial areas, notably with examples from the public health crisis. Based on a comparison of judicial systems, it identifies the points of divergence between the hierarchical dependency of the judiciary on their general internal organization and their adjudicatory independence.