French law. Expatrimonial rights
Extrapatrimonial rights differ from patrimonial rights in that they they are not susceptible of a pecuniary evaluation: they are not part of the patrimony of the patrimony. → I. Economic …
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French law – The central administration
Title 2 – The State Administration Chapter 1 – The central administration Section 1 – Central administrative authorities The 1958 Constitution gives central administrative powers to both the President and the Prime Minister. The President …
French law – External sources of law
I. Internal sources of law A. International Treaties Treaty: A written legal act signed between competent authorities, in particular States, establishing rules or decisions and fixing mutual decisions and establishing …
French law – The characteristics of the rule of law
A. The general, abstract, and egalitarian character of the rule of law The law is general: it applies to all French individuals, everywhere on the territory. The law is valid …
The secret of the voting booth in France
By the law of July 29, 1913, the elector is bound to the secrecy of the vote. Thus, secrecy remains a constituent of the French democracy, at the time of …
The publicity of parliamentary debates
As the years go by in this 19th century, and after the legacy of the Enlightenment that extolled the end of secrecy in the political sphere, and thus the publicity …