Constitution
- Constitution (external link) (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 (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
- International Constitutional Law: France (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1992 constitution and Background Note; does not yet include amendments of 1993 and beyond yet provides links to the 1999 Constitution in French
Executive
- Présidence de la République Française (external link)
- Premier Ministre et Gouvernement (external link)
- Ministère de la Justice (external link)
- Lois et réglements (external link) (Legifrance) laws and regulations; in French
- Traités et accords internationaux (external link) (LegiFrance) treaties; in French
- Service-Public (external link) (Documentation française)
Judicial
- Conseil Constitutionnel (external link) - includes access to decisions, list of leading decisions, alphabetical list of leading cases in French
- Conseil d'État (external link) [Council of State]
- Cour de Cassation (external link)
- Jurisprudence (external link) (Legifrance)
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal Officiel de la République Française
- PARLIAMENT: Assemblée Nationale and Senat (external link)
- LegisFrance (external link)includes laws and regulations in French, with English (external link) and Spanish options
- Napoleonic Code of 1804 (external link) (Napoleon Series) in English
- NATLEX: France (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children’s Rights: France (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: France (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: France (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: French (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Bibliotheque Virtuelle (external link) (JURIPOLE) includes dictionaries and articles
- FindLaw: France (external link)
- ForIntLaw: France (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- France-États arabes (external link) (France-Etats arabes) Includes bilateral and multilateral treaties between France and Arab countries
- French Law Guide (external link) (Claire M. Germain, via LLRX)
- French Law on the Internet - The Basics and Free Resources (external link) (Emmanuel Barthe, via GlobaLex)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - France (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Judicial Assistance: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (external link) (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) includes Wallis and Futuna (external link)
- Pages juridiques de Jérôme Rabenou (external link) (Rabenou)
- Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (external link) (PDF) (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress 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 (external link) (Stéphane Cottin & Jérôme Rabenou, via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: France (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: France (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Background Note: 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 Human Rights Practices: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: France (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of France, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in France (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: France (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliothèque nationale de France (external link)
- National Libraries of Europe: France (external link) (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World: Europe (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Paris (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: France (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: France (external link)
For more information on France see:
- Global Legal Monitor: France
- Children's Rights: France
- Legal Research Guide: France
- Habeas Corpus Rights: France
Last Updated: 08/15/2012