What are some French laws?

Answer 1

French law can be divided into two main categories: private or judicial law ("droit privé") and public law ("droit public").

Judicial law includes, in particular:

· civil law ("droit civil"); and

· criminal law ("droit pénal").

Public law includes, in particular:

· administrative law ("droit administratif"); and

· constitutional law ("droit constitutionnel").

The synthesization of civil law which occured under the French Revolution was followed by a sequence of imperial legislation, a code of civil procedure in 1806, a commercial code in 1807, a code of criminal procedure in 1808 and a criminal code in 1810. This body of law has survived-intact in form and outline, although greatly changed in substance-into the last years of the 20th century.