Table of Contents

Contents

Preface 

Table of cases i

Table of statutes

Table of European and international legislation 

Table of codes 

1 Historical development of French law  

2 The institutional framework under the Constitution  

3 Written sources of law  

4 Unwritten sources of law  

5 The civil and criminal court system  

6 The administrative courts  

7 Miscellaneous courts  

8 Judgments  

9 Civil procedure 

10 Criminal procedure 

11 Administrative procedure 

12 The legal profession 

13 Academic and professional legal studies

14 Practical guidance on studying law 

Appendix 1: The relationship between English legal language and French  

Appendix 2: The French Constitution of 1958  

Select bibliography  

Index  

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