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Law French (Middle English: Lawe Frensch) is an archaic language originally based on Anglo-Norman, but increasingly influenced by Parisian French and, later, English. It was used in the law courts of England from the 13th century. [ 3 ]
Some areas of French law even primarily consist of case law. For example, tort liability in private law is primarily elaborated by judges, from only five articles (articles 1382–1386) in the Civil Code. [20] [21] Scholars have suggested that, in these fields of law, French judges are creating law much like common law judges.
Jurisdictional dualism in France is the separation of the French court system into two separate divisions, or "ordres", as they are called in French: the ordinary courts (ordre judiciaire), and the administrative courts [] (ordre administratif). [1]
"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.
In French law, a personne physique (lit. physical person, English: natural person) is a human being who has capacity as a legal person (personnalité juridique []). [1]A personne physique is recognized as a subject in law, rather than an object of law such as a thing. [2]
General principles of French law; Global security law; H. Hate speech laws in France; Huissier; Huissier de justice; L. Laval Decree; Law of 20 May 1802;
Legal terminology in French law. Pages in category "French legal terminology" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.