Auteur: Ken Fagan • Ken in the News
Authors: John Bell, Sophie Boyron and Simon Whittaker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007. 543 pages.
Subjects covered: The French Legal System, The Law (Public Law and Private Law)
Why this book is interesting: In my opinion this is the best book in English for those who wish to understand/to be able to explain the French legal system in English.
Who will benefit: For highly motivated French lawyers and law students who want to be able to explain in English the main aspects of the French legal system into English. Although the book does indeed some translations, this is certainly not a dictionary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 – THE SYSTEM
1. Sources of law – Page 13
2. Court institutions – Page 37
3. Judicial personnel – Page 55
PART 2 – THE LAW
(A) PROCEDURE
4. Legal Procedure
(1) Civil procedure – Page 85
(2) Administrative procedure – Page 118
(3) Criminal procedure – Page 127
(B) PUBLIC LAW – Page 141
5. Constitutional law – Page 143
6. Administrative law – Page 168
7. Criminal law – Page 201
(C) PRIVATE LAW – Page 241
8. Family law – Page 243
9. Property law – Page 269
10. The Law of Obligations – Page 294
(1) Introduction – Page 294
(2) The law of contract – Page 296
(3) The law of delict – Page 296
(4) Quasi contrats and Enrichissement sans cause – Page 360
11. Commercial law – Page 453
(D) BEYOND THE PUBLIC LAW/PRIVATE LAW DICHOTOMY – Page 481
12. Employment Law – Page 483
PART 3 – STUDYING FRENCH LAW
13. Bibliographical Guide and Legal Methods – Page 517
Pour suivre une formation en anglais juridique/pour prendre des cours d’anglais juridique