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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/verdun.asp The Ordinance of Louis the Pious]''' dividing the empire
::(817; English translation)
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/aix.asp Treaty at Aix Between Louis II and Charles the Bald Concerning the Division of the Kingdom of Lothar II]'''
::(870; English translation)
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*'''[http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=4 Treaty of Alliance between France and America]'''
::(1778; bilingual English / French facsimile and English transcription) 
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*'''[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2600-e.html Canadian Confederation]'''
::Provincial historical documents regarding English and French interests.
::Digitised by the National Library of Canada.
::(19th and 20th centuries; transcriptions).

*'''[http://www.canadiana.org/citm/primary/primary_e.html <i>Canada in the Making</i>: Primary Sources in Government Documents]'''
::Constitutional documents, treaties, and other primary sources regarding English and French interests in Canada.
::(1760 to the present; transcriptions).
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*'''[http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/raffarin_version1/fr/ie4/contenu/6114.htm <i>D&eacute;claration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen</i>]'''
::(1789; transcription of French original)  
*'''[http://www.hrcr.org/docs/frenchdec.html Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]'''
::(1789; English translation) 
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*'''[http://www.histoire-empire.org/docs/traites/traites.htm <i>Trait&eacute;s et Conventions</i>]'''
::French Treaties & Conventions of the Napoleonic era
::From the website [http://www.histoire-empire.org/ <i>Histoire du Consulat et du Premier Empire</i>]
::(1799 - 1815; French-language transcriptions)
  
*'''[http://www.histoire-empire.org/docs/bulletin_des_lois/presentation.htm <i>Le Bulletin des Lois</i>]'''
::Browable and searchable database of French laws during the Napoleonic era
::From the website [http://www.histoire-empire.org/ <i>Histoire du Consulat et du Premier Empire</i>]
::(1798 - 1815; French-language transcriptions)
  
*'''[http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/c_legislation.html Napoleonic Legislation, Decrees and Proclamations]'''
::(1798-1819; English translations)
  
*'''[http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/c_code.html Napoleonic Code]'''
::The civil code that still affects present-day law.
::(1804-1810; English translation) 
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*'''[http://www.ordonnances.org/ <i>Edits, &#226;rrets, ordonnances mon&eacute;taires de l'autorit&eacute; royale et des cours souveraines de Charles II &agrave; Louis XVI</i>]'''
::Royal monetary edicts and decrees from the mid ninth century until after the French Revolution.
::Also a good source for information on the succession of French kings.
::(843-1792; published transcriptions in pdf file).
::Under construction in reverse chronological order: most recent years available first. 
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/frtreaty.asp Franco - American Diplomacy]'''
::Documents from the Avalon Project
::(1778-1843; transcriptions and translations).
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/munich1.asp Munich Pact]'''
::Agreement concluded at Munich between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy 
::(29 September 1938; English translation) 
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/frgearm.asp Franco-German Armistice]'''
::(25 June 1940; English translation) 
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*'''[http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/raffarin_version1/fr/ie4/contenu/422.htm <i>Les textes constitutionnels</i>]'''
::Ten French national constitutions since 1789 - compiled in [http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/raffarin_version1/fr/ie4/ the archives of the Prime Minister].
::(1789- present; transcriptions)  
*'''[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/constitutions.htm <i>Constitutions de la France de 1789 &agrave; nos jours</i>]'''
::Constitutional variants reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/accueil.html Archim imagebank].
::(1789 - present; photo facsimiles)
*'''[http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/fr__indx.html Various Versions of the French Constitution, including an English translation]'''
::Provided by the University of W&uuml;rzburg.
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*'''[http://archives.assemblee-nationale.fr/index.asp Les Archives de l'Asemblée nationale]
::Archives of the National Assembly:
::Legislative dossiers, historical accounts, lists of deputies, and much more. 
::(1789 - present; transcriptions, commentaries and facsimiles)
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*'''[http://biu-cujas.univ-paris1.fr/repons/portal/bookmark?Global=1&Body=7&Search_7=0&MenuItemSelected=consulter&MenuItemPosition=4&OngletItemPosition=0&ButtonPosition=0&DsNavType=type&DsNavKey=Autres&Broadcast=ouvrage/url Bibliothèque Cujas: Les ouvrages en ligne]'''
::A large collection of digitized French historical codices and documents.
::(Facsimile images)	
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*'''[http://www.criminocorpus.cnrs.fr/rubrique4.html Criminocorpus - Bibliothèque numérique]
::This is the digital library of [http://www.criminocorpus.cnrs.fr/ Criminocorpus - Le portail sur l'histoire de la justice, des crimes et des peines].
::Criminocorpus focuses on the history of crime in France.
::(18th - 20th centuries; manuscripts and transcriptions)

*'''[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/initRechCodeArticle.do <i>Les codes en vigeur</i>]'''
::A searchable database of current French civil and criminal codes.
::Compiled by [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ Legifrance].
::(French transcriptions)   
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*'''[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dglf/lois/presentation_loi.htm <i>La loi Toubon</i>]'''
::Law stipulating the use of the French language to be obligatory in commerce. 
::(4 August 1994; French transcription) 
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*'''[http://www.senat.fr/presse/index.html <i>Les Communiqu&eacute;s de Presse</i>]'''
::Press Releases of the French Senate
::(1997 - present; French transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ <i>Legifrance: Le service public de la diffusion du droit</i>]'''
::Public website for access to French legal texts
::(French-language transcriptions with additional links to English and Spanish translations)
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*'''[http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/france.php Guide to Law Online: France]'''
::Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
::(Transcriptions and translations)


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