Template:Cite French law/doc
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Usage[edit]
This template allows for an easy citing of French laws.
To do[edit]
- 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[edit]
{{cite French law|number or usual name=n° |date in French=|full name=|article=|articles=|language=|lower case=|URL=}}
Parameters[edit]
| 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[edit]
With all parameters[edit]
{{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:
Without article[edit]
{{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:
Lower case, without article, full name, language and link[edit]
{{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[edit]
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[edit]
Facilitates citations of French law
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles' numbers | articles | If a certain group of articles in the law is being cited, insert the numbers of those articles here. | Number | optional |
| number or usual name | number or usual name | The law number or the law's usual name. If you choose to insert its number here, use the 'n°' format.
| String | optional |
| Toggle lowercase first letter | lower case | If you want the first letter of the law to be lowercase, insert 'yes' here.
| Boolean | optional |
| Language | language | The language that the text/URL is written in
| String | optional |
| URL | URL | A URL hosting a copy of the law | URL | optional |
| Full name | full name | The law's complete name | String | optional |
| Article number | article | If a specific article within a law is being cited, use this parameter to indicate its number
| Number | optional |
| Date (in French) | date in French | the full date on which the law was enacted (must be in French)
| Date | required |
See also[edit]
- Template:Cite French decree
- Template:Cite French arrêté
- Template:Cite Legifrance
- Template:Sfn Legifrance
- Template:Legifrance
- Template:EUR-Lex link
- Template:ELI
- Template:ECLI
- Template:Cite EU law
- Template:Cite EU directive
- Template:Cite EU regulation
References[edit]
- ^ 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.