Full Description
This text provides an account of the major features of French law for students and lawyers from a common law background. Offering a comprehensive introduction to the French law and legal system in terms which a common lawyer can understand, the authors give an explanation of the French institutions, concepts, and techniques, and provide the reader with a clear sense of the questions which French lawyers see as important and how they would answer them. The treatment of the material, both as to the French legal system and the substantive law, focuses where appropriate on the principles and values underlying the law, though the rules themselves are also provided. Considerable use is made of the relevant French juristic literature and of examples from French case law. The book should be of use to students studying French law, at both undergraduate and graduate level, and as preliminary reading for students about to study law in France. It will be an initial point of reference for scholars embarking on a study of aspects of French law.
Contents
John Bell and Sophie Boyron: Introduction: The Spirit of French Law. Part I: The System. 1: John Bell and Sophie Boyron: Sources of Law. 2: John Bell: Court Institutions. 3: Sophie Boyron: People Administering Justice. Part II: The Law. 4: Simon Whittaker: Legal Procedure. 5: Sophie Boyron: Constitutional Law. 6: John Bell: Administrative Law. 7: John Bell: Criminal Law. 8: Sylvia Hargreaves: Family Law. 9: Andrew Bell, John Bell, and Sophie Boyron: The Law of Property. 10: Simon Whittaker: The Law of Obligations. 11: Andrew Bell: Commercial Law. 12: Mark Freedland: Employment Law. Part III: Studying French Law. 13: Sophie Boyron: Bibliographical Guide and Legal Methods. Appendix: Bibliographical Sources and Legal Methods.
