Approaches to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative History in France
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In France, Justice Jackson’s question about where to look for the meaning of a statute would be phrased in broader terms and would not be limited to the question of whether to look only at the words of a statute or also at the legislative intent. French law starts from the premise that statutes and codes are the foundations of the legal system in the same way that cases are the foundation of the common-law system. Because of the primacy of written law in France, statutory interpretation lies at the heart of French law. Statutory interpretation is very flexible, and there are no strict canons of interpretation. The drafters of the Civil Code, Napoléon in particular, intended only to set general principles, leaving it up to judges to apply the principles to the circumstances of cases. This is why the Civil Code of 1804 can
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