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On this site is an exhaustive list of terms that are applicable to the French judicial system!

Ici, vous allez trouver les mots qui sont nécessaires pour comprendre les éléments les plus importantes dans le système judiciaire en France.

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-ismes

le socialisme = socialism

le communisme = communism

la démocratie = democracy

le feministe = feminism

le racisme = racism

le marxisme = marxism

le conformisme = conformism

un/une conformiste = conformist

 

 

Mots en Général:

la gauche (noun) = Literally, the left. This refers to those who favor a more liberal and involved government.

la droite (noun) = Literally, the right. This refers to those who favor a more conservative, less involved government.

le gouvernement (noun) = government

l'administration (noun)= administration

ouvriere(adj.) = laborer or worker

les travailleurs (noun)= workers

les militants (noun) = militants

l'union (noun)= union

les valeurs (noun)= values

la souveraineté (noun) = soverignty

la conféderation (noun)= confederacy

un parti = a (political) party

l'abstention (noun)= abstention

Garde des Sceaux = He is the minister of justice who has many responsibilities. His office is in the Hotel de Bourvallais

un avocat = attorney

un magistrat = judge

le ministère = ministry

le tribunal = court

les appels = appeals

Code civil = Civil law. This includes things like property, trade, and land dispute.

Code penal = Penal law. This is what we typically think of as criminal law.