He proposed a conception of legal, political and social character based on the terminology of the corps d'exception (body of exclusion). This made direct reference to the experience of the Algerian population's experience during the French occupation and intersects with the highly politicised debate about French treatment of indigenous peoples (see Indigénat). Pierre Tevanian has used this concept in his own work.[1] Other scholars who have also mentioned or attempted to apply the concept in their own work include Gérard Bras,[2] Daniel Borrillo,[3] Patricia Mothes,[4] Malika Mansouri,[5] Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison,[6] Claire Hancock,[7] and Vincent Houillon.[8]