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The differences between French case law and case law in common law systems appear to be: (1) it is not cited in the highest courts; [5] [17] [18] [19] (2) lower courts are theoretically free to depart from higher courts, although they risk their decisions being overturned; [5] and (3) courts must not solely cite case law as a basis of decision ...
French colonial law refers to the segment of French law historically practiced within the French colonial empire. This colonial law [ fr ; de ] was designed under the premise of a "civilizing mission," but in practice, it often entailed discriminatory treatment of colonized populations [ citation needed ] .
العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български
The French constitutional Law of 2 November 1945 was an interim, transitional constitutional law that set a legal basis for government in France under the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) for one year until a new constitution was approved.
The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 (French: Loi sur la liberté de la presse du 29 juillet 1881), often called the Press Law of 1881 or the Lisbonne Law after its rapporteur, Eugène Lisbonne , is a law that defines the freedoms and responsibilities of the media and publishers in France. It provides a legal framework for ...
"The legislative work of the French Revolution has been qualified as intermediary law since it formed the transition between the old French law and the new, the law covered by the Napoleonic codes." [1] "The private law of the French Revolution is to-day no longer considered an intermediary law. Yet from a positivist point of view, most of the ...
In French law, judges cannot create legal norms, because of the principle known as "la prohibition des arrêts de règlement" of Article 5 of the French civil code: "Judges are forbidden from pronouncing in a generally dispositive and regulatory fashion on the matters submitted to them." They can only put into evidence and interpret existing norms.
The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is a set of bills that were voted into law on 10 July 1940 by the National Assembly, which comprised both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies during the French Third Republic. The law established the Vichy regime and passed with 569 votes to 80, with 20 abstentions. The group of 80 parliamentarians who ...