Oxford LibGuides: France: legal resources: Constitution

French constitution : text and translation

Les sources du droit (France)
Brief explanation of each source on French Ministry of Justice's official website.
"Les règles de droit proviennent de différentes sources : la Constitution, les traités internationaux, le droit européen, les lois, les textes réglementaires et la jurisprudence."

Oxford Constitutions of the World
Alternative names: OCW ; Constitutions of the countries of the world, Constitutions of dependencies & territories

English translations of the constitutions and constitutional documents of the world’s nations and sub-national jurisdictions.

La Constitution de la 5e République (France)
Open Access on Official website of Le Conseil constitutionnel. French text showing revisions to date
Charte de l'environnement de 2004 (France)
Open Access on Official website of Conseil Constitutionnel

Related Commentary

Cairn revues (Humanities and Social Science) Requires Oxford SSO for remote access. Select Droit. Stay within "Accès abonné" titles Journals include Archives de politique criminelle, Droit et société, Nouveaux Cahiers du Conseil constitutionnel, Plein droit, Pouvoirs, Rev. f. de droit constitutionnel.

The Constitution of France by Sophie Boyron
Call Number: France 510 B792.5a
ISBN: 1841137359
Publication Date: 2013
Dynamics in the French Constitution decoding French republican ideas by David Marrani
Call Number: France 510 M358.3a
ISBN: 9780415683715
Publication Date: 2013
Constitution et passé Entre mémoire et histoire by Ariane Vidal-Naquet (editor)
Call Number: Open Access book available free to anyone with internet connection
ISBN: 9791097578183
Publication Date: 2023
Open access download
Issu d’une journée d’études qui s’est tenue à Aix-Marseille Université en 2020

Conseil Constitutionel
Another page in this guide
Association française du droit constitutionnel (AFDC)
Official website. Useful networking news
Commission Jeune Recherche Constitutionnelle
Doctoral students, PhDs and members of AFDC can apply for membership.

French constitutional history

Histoire de l'Assemblée nationale (France)
Open Access: Section of official website Includes section on GRANDS MOMENTS D'ÉLOQUENCE PARLEMENTAIRE
La Constitution (France)
Official website of Conseil Constitutionnel has history and full text of current Constitution AND in the section called Law Constitutional dans l'Histoire full text of the previous Constitutions since 1791

The book below is available in the Law Library, but SOLO searches will reveal many more in this area of research are in the History Faculty Library and other parts of the Bodleian.

Histoire constitutionnelle de la France (1789-1958) by Morabito, Marcel
Call Number: France 510 M828a9
ISBN: 2707615080
Publication Date: 9th edn, 2006