Website of the French Conseil Constitutionnel, a permanent French court created by the Constitution of the 5th Republic on 4th October 1958. The Court has powers to decide on the lawfulness of presidential elections and the conduct of referendums, and can give its opinions when consulted by the French head of state. The site offers details of the Conseil's current business and recent decisions (Actualit?s), and gives a direct link to the Constitution of 1958.
Free database of foreign legislation and cases translated into English, provided by the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Law Translations makes available translated French, German, Austrian and Israeli cases and French and German legislation in the areas of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law; most of the content is from France and Germany. The site also has a glossary of French legal terms and a list of German legal abbreviations
Online guide to French legal resources on the Web written by Emmanuel Barthe who is law librarian researcher at French law firm BMH Avocats. The guide was published in 2005 on the Globalex Website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide focuses on free French Web-based legal resources aimed at business lawyers and also includes what is not available. There is guidance on the use of search engines for finding French legal documents and the availability of legal research guides and directories.
Service France forms part of the website of Sykes Anderson a law firm specialising in French tax and property law. The site includes details of services the firm offers and freely available information on French tax, property and pensions. Content is provided in the form of articles and case studies with topics covered including the main French taxes, tax planning and and tax-free or tax efficient investments. There is advice on French property and conveyancing, French probate, health care and social security.
Full text copy of the 1958 French Constitution amended up to 2008 and made freely available on the website of the Assemblée Nationale. This version can be viewed in French, English, German, Dutch and Spanish.
The "Village de la Justice" is designed as a meeting point on the internet for French lawyers, to facilitate contact between them and to help them exchange information. Some features are also provided for individual citizens interested in legal topics. The site was created in 1997 by the French legal publisher L?giteam, and has been growing since. Users can choose the "espace pro" or the "espace grand public". The professional space provides a variety of news updates and contributed articles, debates, job and training details, and email forums.
INAVEM is a federation of about 150 French organisations offering support to victims - whether of crime, violence, abuse, accidents, or other misfortunes - and providing mediation services. The website presents various documents to do with INAVEM's work, including its annual reports, constitution, codes of ethics, statistics and public policy documents on subjects including domestic violence, discrimination, children and human rights. Guidance is available for victims, plus a directory of support organisations and details of telephone help lines. The site is in French throughout.
Website of the office of the Défenseur des droits, the Children's Ombudsman for France. The office was created by the French Parliament in March 2000, and its mission is to defend and promote children's rights in France. The site explains the role of the Défenseur. Reports and opinions of the Défenseur are available, together with summaries of relevant French laws and information about the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (with the text of the Convention, in French).
The French Property Law website is produced by the French law department at Russell-Cooke a law firm with offices in London. The site is made freely available in English and provides a guide to buying French property covering contracts, mortgages, searches and fees. There is a selection of FAQs covering inheritance and representation along with related news stories. A collection of in-house articles is made available in full-text in PDF format dealing with other aspects of purchasing property in France. The site also has a page of Web links.
Juriscom.net is a French information technology law website offering articles, case summaries and legal news. The site is not-for-profit, and contributors include practioners and academics. Other features include a free e-newsletter and a set of links to IT law websites based in France and elsewhere.
