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

The French government on Tuesday called for a law requiring Internet service providers to give all the traffic on their networks equal priority, saying existing rules were insufficient for protecting free speech online and ensuring fair competition among Web publishers.

The proposal would mark a big shift in French policy and a break with existing European Union practice on the thorny issue of so-called net neutrality. And though almost certain to meet resistance from some Internet service providers, it could fuel calls for similar rules throughout the 27-country European Union.

The issue came to a head in France in January, when one service provider, Free, temporarily blocked users from seeing advertising sold by Google until the government ordered Free to restore access.

The proposal, by a French government advisory panel and endorsed by the minister overseeing digital commerce, pits companies that build and operate telecommunications systems against Internet players that rely on the networks to deliver their content to consumers. The French proposal would still need to be drafted as legislation and taken up by Parliament.

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An antiquated French law preventing women from wearing pants has finally been removed from the books.

The French official legal portal Legifrance.gouv.fr now provides access to English translations of French legal texts. Note that these translations are for reference purposes only; the original text is also available for comparing ...

But, you can now find at Legifrance links to the codes and other sources of French laws in English translation, such as France's Constitution, laws, and decrees. For more information, check “Translations of French legal texts: ...

The wonderful Legifrance just got even more amazing! It already offered English translations of French codes of law:

Civil code
Code of civil procedure
Code of criminal procedure
Commercial code
Consumer code
Environmental code
Insurance code
Intellectual property code
Monetary and financial code
Penal code

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