France
French Republic / République Française
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- Constitution (Legifrance) includes Déclaration des Droits de l'homme et du Citoyen, Préambule de la Constitution de 1946, and Constitution de 1958; in French
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
- International Constitutional Law: France (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1992 constitution and Background Note; does not yet include amendments of 1993 and beyond yet provides links to the 1999 Constitution in French
Executive
- Présidence de la République Française
- Premier Ministre et Gouvernement
- Ministère de la Justice
- Lois et réglements (Legifrance) laws and regulations; in French
- Traités et accords internationaux (LegiFrance) treaties; in French
- Service-Public (Documentation française)
Judicial
- Conseil Constitutionnel - includes access to decisions, list of leading decisions, alphabetical list of leading cases in French
- Conseil d'État [Council of State]
- Cour de Cassation
- Jurisprudence (Legifrance)
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal Officiel de la République Française
- PARLIAMENT: Assemblée Nationale and Senat
- LegisFrance includes laws and regulations in French, with English and Spanish options
- Napoleonic Code of 1804 (Napoleon Series) in English
- NATLEX: France (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children’s Rights: France (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: France (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: France (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: French (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Bibliotheque Virtuelle (JURIPOLE) includes dictionaries and articles
- FindLaw: France
- ForIntLaw: France (Washburn University Law Library)
- France-États arabes (France-Etats arabes) Includes bilateral and multilateral treaties between France and Arab countries
- French Law Guide (Claire M. Germain, via LLRX)
- French Law on the Internet - The Basics and Free Resources (Emmanuel Barthe, via GlobaLex)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - France (New York University Law Library)
- Judicial Assistance: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) includes Wallis and Futuna
- Pages juridiques de Jérôme Rabenou (Rabenou)
- Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress at the request of the Commision; includes France and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
- Researching French Law (Stéphane Cottin & Jérôme Rabenou, via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: France (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: France (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Background Note: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: France (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: France (The Economist)
- Embassy of France, Washington
- Human Rights in France (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliothèque nationale de France
- National Libraries of Europe: France (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World: Europe
- U.S. Embassy, Paris (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: France (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: France
For more information on France see:
- Global Legal Monitor: France
- Children's Rights: France
- Legal Research Guide: France
- Habeas Corpus Rights: France
Last Updated: 01/29/2012
