Comparative Law tips and tricks (esp. French law for non french-speaking patrons) - Legal translation tools

As it stands, Quebec law allows local courts to use either French or English in their proceedings, according to an article in the Vancouver Sun.

Most Quebecois judges select French.

A bill proposed by the Front de gauche (FDG) eliminating the word “race” from French legislation was adopted by the National Assembly last Thursday. The term is to be deleted from the Code Pénal, the Code de procedure ...

France's new law on marriage and adoption rights goes against Russian law, says a children's rights official in the latter country. (Russia May Block Adoptions by French, Due to Marriage Equality Law: Russia May Block Adoptions by French, Due ...

French prosecutors who accuse Ryanair of employing French-based staff on Irish contracts said on Friday the low-cost airline should be fined the market value of four aircraft if it is found guilty of breaking employment laws.

Marketplace.org France May Allow English-Language Courses In Universities Huffington Post French law requires classes to be conducted in French, though a 1994 revision allows some non-Francophone foreign students and teachers to hold some classes...

The French Legal Framework Relating to Profit-Sharing Premiums The National Law Review The French legal system provides a variety of ways to secure the involvement of employees in the growth and profits of their company, including compulsory...

An effort to draw more foreign students to French universities has led to worries about “Americanization disguised as globalization.” (RT @nycjim: Fierce protests in Paris to proposed law for universities to teach more courses in English.

Is French HADOPI law dead ? (11) » http://t.co/MURKMexuaL

Le Comité de normalisation PAJLO est heureux d’annoncer que l’édition complète du Lexique du droit de la famille (common law), Bulletin de terminologie 271 du Bureau de la traduction du Canada, peut maintenant être consultée en PDF à l’adresse...

Expat Forum Gay marriage row moves on to France's town halls The Local.fr The French government may still be celebrating the victory of seeing its divisive gay marriage bill finally signed into law but the battle over the issue of same-sex unions...

Important new and wide-ranging changes to employment law in France Lexology (registration) A significant new employment law was adopted by the French Parliament on 14 May 2013 (Loi relative à la sécurisation de l'emploi) setting out a number of...

FRANCE 24 France signs gay marriage into law FRANCE 24 After months of bitter political debate, French President François Hollande has signed into law a controversial gay marriage bill, a day after the country's Constitutional Council threw out a...

The Connexion MPs remove word 'race' from laws The Connexion MPs remove word 'race' from laws. May 17, 2013. FRANCE has taken the first step to removing the word “race” from all legislation as demanded by President Hollande in his election campaign.

Telegraph.co.uk Hollande set to sign gay marriage into French law The Local.fr France made history on April 23 when it became the 14th country to vote gay marriage into law but opposition UMP deputies referred the bill to the Council, which has the...

TechWeekEurope UK France Will Tax Smartphones To Support Culture TechWeekEurope UK This “cultural exception” is enshrined in French law, and treats goods and services that are deemed “culturally significant” differently than other traded goods and...

JURIST Same-Sex Marriage in France and Conflict of Laws: an Illusion of Equality JURIST JURIST Guest Columnist Angelique Devaux, a French attorney and LL.M graduate of the Robert McKinney School of Law, discusses the impact of conflict of laws on...

Mired in controversy since its inception but held up as an example by entertainment companies looking to spread the model worldwide, France's Hadopi anti-piracy law now looks set to be scrapped. A just-published ...

The Versailles Court determined that the French companies' participation in this construction project did not violate international law. As this case has already sparked academic debate in the blogosphere (click here for ...

Yahoo! News
France's Hollande eyes reshuffle, more laws by decree
Yahoo!

In March, the Versailles Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal in a long-standing dispute between the Association France-Palestine Solidarite (france-palestine.org) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) against the French corporations...

The Lawyer
A revolution in French employment law?
The Lawyer
French employment law is set to change, but the proposals have caused dissent and strikes. guillaume bordier capstan. Guillaume Bordier.