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I copy-edited this page. I think it was quite well written, but did my best to resolve the minor grammatical and usage problems that I did manage to find. I tried not to interfere with the very good information contained herein, and hope my edits are acceptable to everyone. There is one issue that I did not touch, though, because I am not sure of it. As I understand it, capital "P"-Parliament refers to the British Parliament exclusively, and so in this case should be replaced by the word "Parlement," which is the French term for the body in question. The reason I hesitate, though, is that little "p"-parliament is the common noun for such a body, and perhaps is capitalised in this context out of its use to refer to a body which demands a proper noun. For now, I left the usage of "Parliament" alone; I only point out this possible revision here and leave it to someone who is more experienced with the subject matter.

Depends. I think that the use of the capital to create a proper noun is context-sentitive. When discussing British policies, sure, Parliament means "the British Parliament". However, when discussing New Zealand's government, "Parliament" means "the Parliament of New Zealand". It follows logically that Parliament in a French context should mean "the French parliament".
In addition, parlement on Wikipedia and in many English texts refers to the ancien régime courts of justice [1]. These have nothing to do with current usage. David.Monniaux 09:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Content moved from Politics of France. David.Monniaux 10:16, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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I wonder if Good Article Criteria just includes simply accuracy. Frankly I have seen a lot of crap concerning French political system and government and this is the only time I see something so complete and accurate. Even in French books this is never so good. Alain10 24 December 2006

[edit] General views

I used to be long time aga a French civil servant and I think it is dunb but yo kno this page is excellent. I have reviewed it and added a few details Alain10 24 December 2006

[edit] Reading by a professor of Public Law

I had the article read by a professor of public law. He said the article is very good overall. To summarize the criticism:

  • The diagram has arrows of unclear meaning.
  • The article presents an angelic point of view on certain workings of the government, and includes little criticism on the (ab)use of certain procedures, such as ordinances, the over-use of legislation as opposed to autonomous regulation, etc. Ditto for the current problem of political appointments in higher administration.
    • We'll have to find correct sources for that.
  • Parts of the hierarchy of norms are contentious.
  • Some law manuals should be added to the bibliography (but where to find textbooks of French law accessible to the international public?).

David.Monniaux 17:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I have one opposite view: I believe the strength of this article is that it does not wish to include criticism; it is purely descriptive i.e. encyclopedic. Before criticizing, the point is simply to understand.
Also, his criticism are also contentious: for example, I don't believe that there is an abuse of ordinance; on the contrary, it seems to me that the system has reached a nice equilibrium. The use of ordinance is now mainstream and very good so. Through ordinances, codification has been possible and France is not any more so late in the transposition of European directives.
As regards the fact that some issues are contentious, yes of course, but we cannot present the whole set of arguments and complexities concerning for example the hierarchy of norms in an article like this one. But if somebody wants to write an article on the hierarchy of norms in the French legal system, he is more than welcome.
--Alain10 19:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Why so much vandalism for such a technical article?

This surprises me and I would like to discuss that. Why is the theme of France and its government so inspiring for vandalism? Any idea?--Alain10 19:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong image for LOLF

In the "Budget" section: it's a good idea to include an image of the "first page of the LOLF" (facsimile of the actual act). But the image there is wrong (it's the first page of a same-year law on the repression of cults): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JO200109337.png -- Typewritten (talk) 16:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)