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French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (droit privé), also known as judicial law, and public law (droit public). [1] [2] Schema of jurisdictional dualism in the French legal system. Judicial law includes, in particular: Civil law (droit civil) Criminal law (droit pénal) Public law includes, in particular:
The legal history of France is commonly divided into three periods: that of the old French law (Ancien Droit), that of the Revolutionary or intermediary law (Droit révolutionnaire ou intermédiaire), and that of the Napoleonic law or Droit nouveau ('New law').
The French Penal Code of 1791 was a penal code adopted during the French Revolution by the Constituent Assembly, between 25 September and 6 October 1791.It was France's first penal code, and was influenced by the Enlightenment thinking of Montesquieu and Cesare Beccaria.
It remained the basis of Frankish law throughout the early Medieval period, and influenced future European legal systems. The best known tenet of Salic law was the exclusion of women from inheriting thrones, fiefs, or other property. The Salic laws were arbitrated by a committee appointed and empowered by the King of the Franks.
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'public action') is one carried out in the name of society against a person accused of a criminal offense by applying the French penal code. [1] It is taken in the name of society, in that its goal is to stop disruption of public order, and not to abate personal damages done to a specific person, which is governed by French civil law.
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