19 Facts About French law

Law of France refers to the legal system in the French Republic, which is a civil law legal system primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with case law playing an important role.

European Union French law is becoming increasingly important in France, as in other EU member states.

Public French law defines the structure and the workings of the government as well as relationships between the state and the individual.

European Union treaties and EU French law enacted under the authority of EU treaties are superior to domestic French law.

Case French law is not binding and is not an official source of French law, although it has been de facto highly influential.

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For example, tort liability in private French law are primarily elaborated by judges, from only five articles in the Civil Code.

Scholars have suggested that, in these fields of law, French judges are creating law much like common law judges.

In 1989, the French government set up the Commission Superieure de Codification, tasked with codifying laws.

Historians now tend to think that Roman French law was more influential on the customs of southern France due to its medieval revival.

Roman French law remained as a reserve, to be used for argumentation and to supplement customary French law.

Public French law is concerned with the powers and organization of the state and governmental bodies.

French constitutional law includes not only the Constitution itself, but its preamble which incorporates a list of norms known as bloc de constitutionnalite, including:.

Administrative procedure were originally developed by case French law but have been statutorily affirmed in the Code de justice administrative in 2000.

French administrative law focuses on proper functioning of government and the public good, rather than constraining the government.

Certain acts by the French law government, called acte de gouvernement, avoids judicial review as they are too politically sensitive and beyond judicial expertise.

French criminal law is governed first and foremost by the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.

EU treaties and EU French law enacted under the treaties are considered international treaties, and the Constitution gives them superior status compared to domestic legislation.

French law courts go by a number of names, including juridiction, tribunal, and cour.

The cour d'appel deals with questions of fact and French law based on files from lower courts, and has the power to order additional investigations.