Template:Cite French law
Loi du {{{date in French}}}
Usage
This template allows for an easy citing of French laws.
To do
- Clean up parameter names/usage and debug
- Consider moving to CS1|2 wrapper
- Add support for NOR, ELI, ECLI, JORF
- Add support for typical CS1 parameters like access-date
Syntax
{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° |date in French=|full name=|article=|articles=|language=|lower case=|URL=}}
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
number or usual name
|
number[1] or usual name of the law | optional |
date in French
|
full date the law was enacted (in French) | required |
full name
|
full name of the law (in French) | optional |
article
|
specific article within the law | optional |
articles
|
specific articles within the law | optional |
language
|
language of the text/URL | optional |
lower case
|
for the first letter to be in lower case (for in-text citations), specify "yes", otherwise leave blank | optional |
URL
|
URL hosting a copy of the law | optional |
Examples
With all parameters
{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° 85-677|date in French=5 juillet 1985|article=1|language=French|full name=tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulation et à l'accélération des procédures d'indemnisation|URL=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006068902&dateTexte=vig}}
will display as:
Without article
{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° 85-677|date in French=5 juillet 1985|full name=tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulation et à l'accélération des procédures d'indemnisation|URL=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006068902&dateTexte=vig}}
will display as:
Lower case, without article, full name, language and link
{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° 85-677|date in French=5 juillet 1985|lower case=yes}}
will display as:
loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985
Background information
The official French legalese definition of arrêté is in section 1.3 of
Guide de légistique (3 ed.), La documentation Française, 2017,
The basic layout of most French statutes is described in English at "Codes & Legislation". France: legal resources. Bodleian Libraries – University of Oxford. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
Template Data
Facilitates citations of French law
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles' numbers | articles | If a certain group of articles in the law is being cited, insert the numbers of those articles here. | Number | optional |
| number or usual name | number or usual name | The law number or the law's usual name. If you choose to insert its number here, use the 'n°' format.
| String | optional |
| Toggle lowercase first letter | lower case | If you want the first letter of the law to be lowercase, insert 'yes' here.
| Boolean | optional |
| Language | language | The language that the text/URL is written in
| String | optional |
| URL | URL | A URL hosting a copy of the law | URL | optional |
| Full name | full name | The law's complete name | String | optional |
| Article number | article | If a specific article within a law is being cited, use this parameter to indicate its number
| Number | optional |
| Date (in French) | date in French | the full date on which the law was enacted (must be in French)
| Date | required |
See also
- Template:Cite French decree
- Template:Cite French arrêté
- Template:Cite Legifrance
- Template:Sfn Legifrance
- Template:Legifrance
- Template:EUR-Lex link
- Template:ELI
- Template:ECLI
- Template:Cite EU law
- Template:Cite EU directive
- Template:Cite EU regulation
References
- ISBN 9782743304829.