The legal history of France is commonly divided into three periods: that of the old French law (Ancien Droit), that of the Revolutionary or intermediary...

Legal history or the history of law is the study of how law has evolved and why it has changed. Legal history is closely connected to the development...

The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as...

This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background...

have a lengthy history. The Ancient Greek practice concerning wills was not the same in all places; some states permitted men to dispose of their estates...

ISBN 2-08-083014-7. History of the laws of France Legifrance:Codes and Texts - a clear and easily followed outline of the French legal structure About Law...

political history of France covers the history of political movements and systems of government in the nation of France, from the earliest stages of the history...

The legal profession has its origins in ancient Greece and Rome. Although in Greece it was forbidden to take payment for pleading the cause of another...

current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de...

"internal history", describing the phonological and grammatical changes undergone by the language itself. Before the Roman conquest of what is now France by...

constitutions of France are the various foundational texts that have organized the institutions of France at different periods of its history. These may...

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period...

The legal rights of women refers to the social and human rights of women. One of the first women's rights declarations was the Declaration of Sentiments...

The Witch trials in France are poorly documented, mainly because a lot of the documents of former witch trials have not been preserved, and no number can...

The economic history of France involves major events and trends, including the elaboration and extension of the seigneurial economic system (including...

French criminal law is "the set of legal rules that govern the State's response to offenses and offenders". It is one of the branches of the juridical...

The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian...

épuration légale (French for 'legal purge') was the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation of France and the fall of the Vichy regime. The...

The majority of the religious population in France identifies as Christian. Catholicism is the most prominent denomination in France, but has long lost...

were injurious to liberty and equality of rights”. The National Assembly asserted its legal presence in French government by establishing its permanence...

transgender (LGBT) history in France. Around the end of Paleolithic, humanity started to make artifacts which suggest an appreciation of homosexual eroticism...

The history of the Jews in France deals with Jews and Jewish communities in France since at least the Early Middle Ages. France was a centre of Jewish...

couture is, in France, a legally protected name, guaranteeing certain quality standards. The association of France with fashion and style (French: la mode)...

Treaty of Alliance (French: traité d'alliance (1778)), also known as the Franco-American Treaty, was a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of France and...

The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement concluded in Fontainebleau, France, on 11 April 1814 between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia...

obtaining legal majority. Children born in France to tourists or other short-term visitors do not acquire French nationality by virtue of birth in France: residency...

Assizes of Jerusalem are a collection of numerous medieval legal treatises written in Old French containing the law of the crusader kingdoms of Jerusalem...

law jurisdictions. Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law also raises important...

New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

roles of women in France have changed throughout history. In 1944, French women obtained women's suffrage. As in other Western countries, the role of women...