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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 ] .
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.
Old French law, referred to in French as Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were the Pays de coutumes ('customary countries'), where customary laws were in force, while in the south were the Pays de droit écrit ('countries of written law'), where Roman law had been paramount.
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 .
The Law as published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française. The 2001 About–Picard law [abu pika:r], officially the loi n° 2001-504 du 12 juin 2001 tendant à renforcer la prévention et la répression des mouvements sectaires portant atteinte aux droits de l'homme et aux libertés fondamentales, [a] is French legislation passed by the National Assembly in 2000.
An island city-state famous for cleanliness, Singapore has many laws aimed at keeping the nation tidy. The country seems to have a particular obsession with chewing gum, banning its importation ...
French laws forbid state workers and school pupils from wearing religious symbols and clothing in public institutions. This was extended to France's Olympic athletes on grounds they were on a ...
"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 ...