French Legal Cultures (Law in Context)

John Bell
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521606127, ISBN10: 0521606128

Paperback, 304 pages, 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

This important new textbook compares civil and common law systems using the French legal system as its basis. Focusing on the four main branches of French Law: civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional law, the book examines the way that the judiciary, lawyers and academics operate within them.

1. Introduction
2. The institutional setting
3. The culture of the French criminal legal system
4. The culture of the French civil legal system
5. The culture of the French administrative legal system
6. The culture of the French constitutional legal system
Conclusion.