General surveys on sources of law in Contemporary French Law

• Project/Area Number: 20530002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: KITAMURA Ichiro 東京大学, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (90009837)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: フランス法 / 法源 / 判例 / 判例法 / 例変更 / 遡及効 / 法源論 / 判例変更 / 委任立法 / 違憲立法審査 / 事後審査

Research Abstract

This survey concerns mainly the problem of limitation of retroactive effect of a new case rule, which is one of the most important problems on sources of law in contemporary Frech Law. The Cour de cassation admitted exceptional possibilities of prospective overruling. But objections subsit against this position from the traditional conception of case law which must remain only interpretations of legislative law, unique source of law.