General surveys on sources of law in Contemporary French Law

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: フランス法 / 法源 / 判例 / 判例法 / 例変更 / 遡及効

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.