Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: France)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• 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 notes; does not yet include amendments of 1993 and beyond yet provides links to the 1999 Constitution in French

EXECUTIVE ARM

• 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)

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• 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
  • Legifrance Journal Officiel (1990-
  • Les Journaux Officiels
• PARLIAMENT: Assemblée Nationale and Senat
• Les Codes (Legifrance) includes laws in French
• Lois et réglements (Legifrance) includes laws and regulations in French
• Napoleonic Code of 1804 (Napoleon Series) in English
• NATLEX: France (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: France (Baker & McKenzie)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: France (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• 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) August 15, 2001
• French Law on the Internet - The Basics and Free Resources (Emmanuel Barthe, via GlobaLex) May 2005
• French Legal Research (Harvard Law School Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - France (New York University Law Library)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: France (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002; 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 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) May 2005
• World Law Index: France (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: France (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Portals to the World: France () also includes French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia , and Reunion
• Background Notes: 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 Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: France (The Economist)
• Embassy of France, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: France (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in France (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliothèque nationale de France
• NEWS: BBC World: Europe
• U.S. Embassy, Paris (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: France (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) - see also entries for Bassas da India; Clipperton Island; Europa Island; French Guiana; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Lands; Glorioso Islands; Guadeloupe; Juan de Nova Island; Martinique; Mayotte; New Caledonia; Reunion; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Tromelin Island; Wallis and Futuna
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: France (Google); France (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: France (University of Pittsburgh)