French public law

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branch of law public law

French public law is the branch of France’s legal system that governs the organization, powers, and functioning of the state and its public authorities, as well as their relationships with individuals.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
French constitutional law	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of law ⓘ public law ⓘ
appliesTo	French administrative authorities ⓘ French local authorities ⓘ French public establishments ⓘ French public legal persons ⓘ French Republic ⓘ surface form: French state
basedOn	Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the French Fifth Republic French case law ⓘ French constitutional bloc ⓘ French regulations ⓘ French statutes ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	French law ⓘ surface form: French private law
enforcedBy	Constitutional Council of France ⓘ surface form: Conseil constitutionnel Council of State of France ⓘ surface form: Conseil d’État Constitutional Council of France ⓘ surface form: French Constitutional Council court of cassation ⓘ surface form: French Court of Cassation (in certain public law matters) French administrative tribunals ⓘ administrative courts of appeal in France ⓘ
hasSubfield	French administrative law ⓘ French constitutional law ⓘ French environmental public law ⓘ French local government law ⓘ French public finance law ⓘ French public international law ⓘ French tax law ⓘ
historicalRoot	French revolutionary law ⓘ Napoleonic institutions ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic legal tradition
influencedBy	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ European Union law ⓘ case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ case law of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
keyPrinciple	principle of continuity of public service ⓘ principle of equality before public services ⓘ principle of legality of administrative action ⓘ principle of mutability of public service ⓘ principle of separation of powers ⓘ protection of fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalFamily	civil law system ⓘ
legalSystem	French legal system ⓘ
regulates	exercise of public power in France ⓘ functioning of public authorities in France ⓘ organization of the French state ⓘ powers of public authorities in France ⓘ relations between public authorities and individuals ⓘ relations between the French state and individuals ⓘ
taughtAt	French faculties of law ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen → hasLegalSystemContext → French public law ⓘ

Article 9 of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic → legalSystem → French public law ⓘ

this entity surface form: French constitutional law