Since the era of Napoleon Bonaparte, French contract law has largely been governed by the same Civil Code. This year has seen a quiet revolution in the French legal system, bringing about ...
The French Senate is ready to discuss and approve legislation aimed at removing any legal basis for the idea that marriage ...
French National Assembly unanimously backs a bill to remove the 'marital duty' concept, following a landmark ECHR ruling ...
The French civil code lists four duties attached to marriage — fidelity, support, assistance and cohabitation — but it does ...
French lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill aimed at abolishing the concept of 'conjugal duty' after criticism from ...
A cross-party bill seeks to amend articles of the French Civil Code to challenge the notion that married couples are required ...
Article 145 of the French Code of Civil Procedure allows claimants to request investigative measures “in futurum” (i.e., with a prospective view to future proceedings on the merits) provided that ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Sandra Mantu of Radboud University discusses France’s upcoming vote on a bill that would grant the legislator authority to revoke citizenship of natural born citizens… On ...