Template:Cite French decree/doc

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Usage

This template allows for an easy citing of French decrees.

Syntax

{{cite French decree|number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> |date in French=|full name=|article=|articles=|language=|lower case=|URL=}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Requirement
`number or usual name`	number^[1] or usual name of the decree	optional
`date in French`	full date the decree was enacted (in French)	required
`full name`	full name of the decree (in French)	optional
`article`	specific article within the decree	optional
`articles`	specific articles within the decree	optional
`language`	language of the text/URL	optional
`lower case`	for the first letter to be in lower case (for in-text citations), specify "yes", otherwise leave blank	optional
`URL`	URL hosting a copy of the decree	optional

Examples

With all parameters

{{cite French decree|number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 70-246|date in French=21 mars 1970|article=5|language=French|full name=relatif à la mise en place des universités|language=French|URL=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=19700322&pageDebut=02755&pageFin=&pageCourante=02755#}}

will display as:

Décret n^o 70-246 du 21 mars 1970 relatif à la mise en place des universités, article 5 (in French)

Without article

{{cite French decree|number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 70-246|date in French=21 mars 1970|language=French|full name=relatif à la mise en place des universités|URL=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=19700322&pageDebut=02755&pageFin=&pageCourante=02755#}}

will display as:

Décret n^o 70-246 du 21 mars 1970 relatif à la mise en place des universités (in French)

Lower case, without article, full name, language and link

{{cite French decree|number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 70-246|date in French=21 mars 1970|lower case=yes}}

will display as:

décret n^o 70-246 du 21 mars 1970

Further information

The official French legalese definition of décret is in section 1.3.3 of Guide de légistique (3 ed.), La documentation Française, 2017, ISBN 978-2-11-145578-8, retrieved 2022-07-08 See also section 6 (Principales règles typographiques...) for everything you wanted to know about French legal citation formatting.

The basic layout of most French statutes is described in English at "Codes & Legislation". France: legal resources. Bodleian Libraries – University of Oxford. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

References

^ The French Imprimerie nationale recommends the use of the form "n^o" (an "n" followed by a superscript lowercase "o"). The plural form "n^os" can also be used. Lexique des règles typographiques en usage à l'imprimerie nationale (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 2011. ISBN 9782743304829.

[1] The French Imprimerie nationale recommends the use of the form "n^o" (an "n" followed by a superscript lowercase "o"). The plural form "n^os" can also be used. Lexique des règles typographiques en usage à l'imprimerie nationale (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 2011. ISBN 9782743304829.

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