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3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by name of the parties (optional), court (by abbreviated title, placing the city or
regional name after the court name for city or regional courts), chamber (if appropriate), date and
title of the reporter, volume, page referenced, and name of the commentator (optional).
Example of a citation in an official report:
Civ. 1ère, 14 déc. 1983, Bull civ. I, nº 295.
Example of a citation in unofficial reports:
3.1 Courts
C.A. Aix-en-Provence, 16 oct. 1962, JCP 1962. II. 12923, note Level.
Com. 30 juill. 1952, D. 1952. 724.
Chambers of the Court of Cassation and their abbreviations include:
Assemblée pléniere (Ass. Plén.)
Chambres réunites (Ch. Réuns.)
Chambre mixte (Ch. Mixte)
Première chambre civile (Civ. 1ère)
Deuxième chambre civile (Civ. 2ème)
Troisième chambre civile (Civ. 3ème)
Chambre commerciale et financière (Com.)
Chambre criminelle (Crim.)
Chambre sociale (Soc.)
Regional Courts include:
Cours d’Appel (C.A.)
Tribunaux de Grande Instance (T.G.I.)
Cours d’Assises
Tribunaux d’Instance (Trib. inst.)
3.2 Reports
There is no comprehensive system of official reports of judicial decisions. There are some
common reports, including the judgments of the Cour de cassation, published in part only in the
Bulletin des arrêts de la Cour de cassation rendus en matière criminelle or civile (cited Bull.
crim. and Bull. civ., respectively); the decisions of the Conseil constitutionnel, published in the
Recueil des décisions du Conseil constitutionnel.
Some unofficial reports are commonly used by authors and practitioners:
La Semaine Juridique (JCP)
Recueil Dalloz (D.)
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