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Template:Cite French law/doc

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Usage

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This template allows for an easy citing of French laws.

To do

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  • 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

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{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° |date in French=|full name=|article=|articles=|language=|lower case=|URL=}}

Parameters

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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

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With all parameters

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{{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:

Loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulation et à l'accélération des procédures d'indemnisation, article 1 (in French)

Without article

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{{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:

Loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulation et à l'accélération des procédures d'indemnisation (in French)

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{{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

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The official French legalese definition of arrêté is in section 1.3 of Guide de légistique (3 ed.), La documentation Française, 2017, ISBN 978-2-11-145578-8, retrieved 2022-07-08 See also section 6 (Principales règles typographiques...) for everything you wanted to know about French legal citation formatting.

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

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Facilitates citations of French law

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Articles' numbersarticles

If a certain group of articles in the law is being cited, insert the numbers of those articles here.

Numberoptional
number or usual namenumber or usual name

The law number or the law's usual name. If you choose to insert its number here, use the 'n°' format.

Example
n° 85-677
Stringoptional
Toggle lowercase first letterlower case

If you want the first letter of the law to be lowercase, insert 'yes' here.

Example
yes
Auto value
yes
Booleanoptional
Languagelanguage

The language that the text/URL is written in

Suggested values
French English
Default
French
Example
French
Stringoptional
URLURL

A URL hosting a copy of the law

URLoptional
Full namefull name

The law's complete name

Stringoptional
Article numberarticle

If a specific article within a law is being cited, use this parameter to indicate its number

Example
1
Numberoptional
Date (in French)date in French

the full date on which the law was enacted (must be in French)

Example
11 mai 1842
Daterequired

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The French Imprimerie nationale recommends the use of the form "n°"—an "n" followed by a superscript lowercase "o" or the degree symbol ° (which can be inserted below the edit box when editing on Wikipedia). The plural form "nos" can also be used. Lexique des règles typographiques en usage à l'imprimerie nationale (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 2011. ISBN 9782743304829.