Legal history of France

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The legal history of France is commonly divided into three periods: that of the

Old French law

Revolutionary law

"The legislative work of the

Early in 1791 freedom of defense became the standard; any citizen was allowed to defend another.[3]^[4] From the beginning, the authorities were concerned about this experiment without future. Derasse suggests it was a "collective suicide" by the lawyers in the Assembly,^[5] but cannot be used for justifying aggression or taking revenge. In criminal cases, the expansion of the right ... gave priority to the spoken word.^[6]

On 9 May, the Assembly discussed the right to petition.^[7] The next day a decree passed banning all petitions bearing "collective signatures". Article III specifically recognised the right of active citizens to meet together to draw up petitions and addresses and present them to municipal authorities.^[8]

Napoleonic law

Aftermath of the First French Empire

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The judicial system of post-Napoleonic France was an intricate system of relations between the

• Judiciary of France
• Law of France

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