French Civil Research Articles

Features of performing parental duties under French family law

In the paper the author conducted a scientific study of the peculiarities of the performance of parental duties under the family law of the French Republic. It is noted that the French Civil Code uses the concepts of "parental authority" and "parental authority" to define the set of personal non-property and property rights of parents in the legal relationship between parents and children. French family law defines parental authority as a set of rights and obligations aimed at ensuring the best interests of the child. Parental authority belongs to the parents until the child reaches the age of majority or emancipation, for the purpose of protecting the child, ensuring the protection of his safety, health, protection of private life and his morality, ensuring his education and development, provided that the child is involved in making decisions related to exercise of parental authority, in accordance with the degree of maturity and age of the child; it cannot be carried out with the use of physical or psychological violence against the child. The main requirements for the exercise of parental authority (parental authority) by French family law are the proportionality of its exercise by each parent in accordance with the capabilities of each parent and the needs of the child); their joint implementation by both parents, unless otherwise established by a court decision in family matters; the emergence of parental rights and obligations on the basis of marriage and the birth of a child in it or within a year after the dissolution of the marriage, on the basis of a joint statement or a court decision in family matters; their termination in case of recognition of the father or mother as incapable, deprivation of parental rights or death; changing the conditions of their implementation by one of the parents is subject to prior and timely informing of the other parent and agreement with him. French family law defines the possibility of transferring (delegating) parental authority to a third party, a family member or trusted relative, a childcare facility or a departmental service for children at the request of the parents, a person, an institution or a service where the child is (while transferring (delegating) is not subject to the right of parents to consent to the adoption of a minor child). According to the French Civil Code, such management is carried out jointly by both parents, and in the case that parental authority is exercised by one of the parents - by the parent who exercises it.

Inclusive education and labour productivity: The case of Sub‐Saharan African countries

AbstractEducation is instrumental in developing skills that determine the level of labour productivity in an economy. This study cross‐examines the effect of inclusive education on labour productivity growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The methodology involves the instrumental variable two‐stage least square (IV‐2SLS) with data collected for 48 SSA countries spanning between the years 2000–2021. The following results are arrived at: (i) Inclusive education significantly boosts labour productivity across all income groups. (ii) Pre‐primary, secondary and tertiary education significantly affect labour productivity more than primary education with the impact less evident in middle‐income countries. (iii) The impact of secondary and primary educational enrolments on labour productivity is greater in African countries that follow the French civil system compared to those under British common‐law jurisdiction. Based on the study findings, the following policy recommendations can be forwarded: SSA countries should design policies that improve the productive capacity of their workforce through the enhancement of inclusive education. In addition, more investments should be made in the educational sector to increase access to education and equitable opportunities for schooling for all, especially in Africa where the attainment rate has been relatively low.

Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in Civil Legislation: A Comparative Study Between French Civil Law and Iraqi Civil Law

This study deals with the protection of intellectual property rights in French and Iraqi civil law. This is because the literary and life creativity in Iraq is declining, it is difficult to invest money in new things, and the number of people who comply with the artificial laws made since 2003 is increasing, and secondly, another reason, people's ignorance of the existing laws in Iraq. Iraq, so it is necessary. In each legislation, legal mechanisms are used to promote media and life publishing and help people make money in the process of inventing literary and life works, which can be achieved by granting them a series of intellectual property rights that represent different privileges. From the fundamental rights of people, which are psychologically and morally valid at one or more points in time. This leads us to delve deeper into these rights, which have been incorporated into civil subjects since the creation of some of them through exchanges between authors and publishers or those who own innovative objects. This returns to the ownership model of the target company. In this way, we will mainly discuss the issue of intellectual property rights and carefully discuss the specific rights divided between the French Civil Code and the Civil Code, and then turn our attention to the two themes of law and incentives. The Civil Code collapses. This consists of comparing the independence of intellectual property rights, mainly regulated by French and Iraqi civil laws, and secondly with some provisions of the model.

Promoting Health Literacy in the Workplace Among Civil Servants: Cross-Sectional Study.

In 2022, the World Health Organization highlighted the alarming state of oral health (OH) worldwide and urged action to include OH in initiatives on noncommunicable diseases. The population needs improved OH skills and attitudes and an adequate level of OH literacy (OHL) and general health literacy (HL). The implementation of health promotion actions in the workplace, which is a part of most people's lives, appears to be an opportunity. In France, civil servants have several socioprofessional levels and represent an excellent model with results transposable to the population. This study aimed at determining the OHL and HL level of civil servants in France in order to implement specific prevention actions in their workplaces. A cross-sectional study of French civil servants was conducted in France from October 2023 to February 2024. Participants completed three validated questionnaires in French: (1) a questionnaire on OH knowledge, (2) the Oral Health Literacy Instrument, French version (OHLI-F; this is composed of reading comprehension and numeracy sections) to assess the OHL level, and (3) the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults, French version (s-TOFHLA-F) to assess the HL level. The scores for OH knowledge, the OHLI-F, and the s-TOFHLA-F were reported as means (SD) and the 95% CI. These scores were classified into 3 categories: adequate (75-100), marginal (60-74) and inadequate (0-59). ANOVA and binary logistic regression were performed. The OHLI-F reading comprehension and OHLI-F numeracy scores were compared using the Welch 2-sample t test and a paired t test (both 2-tailed). For the correlation matrix, the Pearson correlation and related tests were computed. A total of 1917 persons completed the 3 questionnaires, with adequate levels of OHL (n=1610, 84%), OH knowledge (n=1736, 90.6%), and HL (n=1915, 99.9%). The scores on the s-TOFHLA-F (mean 98.2, SD 2.8) were higher than the OHLI-F (mean 80.9, SD 7.9) and OH knowledge (mean 87.6, SD 10.5). The OHLI-F was highly correlated with OH knowledge (P<.001), but the OHLI-F and OH knowledge had a low correlation with s-TOFHLA-F (P=.43). The OHLI-F reading comprehension score was significantly higher than the OHLI-F numeracy score (P<.001). Age, education level, and professional category impacted the 3 scores (P<.001). The professional category was a determinant of adequate OHLI-F and OH knowledge scores. Some French civil servants had inadequate or marginal levels of OH knowledge (n=181, 9.5%) and OHL (n=307, 16%) but none had an inadequate level of HL. Results highlighted the relevance of implementing OH promotion programs in the workplace. They should be nonstandardized, adapted to the literacy level of professional categories of workers, and focused on numeracy skills. Thus, appropriate preventive communication and improved literacy levels are the means to achieve greater disease equity and combat the burden of noncommunicable diseases.

Inequality in Africa: Does injustice matter?

AbstractThe following study aims to investigate the impact of injustice on income inequality in Africa between 2000 and 2020. Both male and female injustice levels are evaluated using gender‐specific scores to indicate the injustice suffered by both genders. The study utilized the Gini and Palma ratios as proxies for income distribution inequality. After addressing error term‐related problems with the Newey‐West Standard Corrected Error approach, the findings indicate that injustice is a significant contributor to inequality in Africa, especially for females, with little evidence of male injustice. The results are consistent for both middle and low‐income countries that adopted the French civil law and English common law systems to govern their institutions. Additionally, the study found that educational development and basic welfare maintenance contribute to reducing inequality in Africa, which is exacerbated by many barriers to political inclusion. To address the gender bias in income distribution, policymakers in Africa should design policies that provide equal access to justice for both male and female populations. The study also suggests adopting policies that enhance human capital accumulation and political inclusion in‐state activities to create a safe, just, and equal environment.

The Mālikī School of Law in Andalusia and Its Impact on the Development of European Legal Systems

Objectives: This article explores the history of the Mālikī school of law in Andalusia and its influence on European laws. The study opens with the period of the Muslim conquest of Andalusia, aiming to highlight the various schools that existed before the emergence and spread of the Mālikī school and its impact on European laws. Methodology: This article uses a descriptive analysis, drawing on early and contemporary Islamic sources. Its goal is to trace the spread of the Mālikī school of law in Andalusia and analyse its influence on European laws. Findings: This article demonstrates how the Mālikī school of law influenced modern European laws that modified this jurisprudence and integrated it into their legal systems, such as the French Civil Code. Such was the result of a substantial interaction between Muslims and non-Muslims following the Islamic conquest of Andalusia. Consequently, the article concludes that introducing the Mālikī school of law into Andalusia substantially impacted European laws and systems. Originality: This article discusses the entry of Muslims into Andalusia during the European Dark Ages. It elucidates how the conquest of Andalusia affected the Andalusians and that Islamic civilisation and the Mālikī school of law influenced most of Europe's nations as well.

지명채권양도에 있어 대항요건주의에 대한 고찰 - 비교법적 검토를 포함하여 -

An assignment of claim refers to a contract to transfer a claim while maintaining identity of the claim between an assigner (who is an obligee) and an assignee (who will become a new obligee). In the assignment of a nominative claim, assignee can effectively acquire the claim only by agreement between the assigner and the assignee. Since the obligor may not engage in the assignment of a claim by the obligee, it is unreasonable to impose any disadvantage therefrom on the obligor. Ultimately, as the person who contributes the property is the obligor, each country establishes a system under the legislation to protect obligors who are at risk of double payment due to double assignment of a claim even though there are differences in contents and methods in each country. Specifically, in a country with the bona fide protectionism, such as Germany, the order of superiority between assignees is determined depending on whether the obligor was aware of the senior (first) assignment, while in a country with the principle of requisite for setting up against, such as Japan, the order of superiority between assignees is determined depending on whether the obligor is aware of the assignment of a claim. On the contrary, it seems that the U.S. restatement of contract law focuses on whether the second assignee is worth being protected rather than focusing on obligor by determining the order of superiority depending on whether the second assignee had good faith in making the senior assignment. In recent, France revised its Civil Code to abolish the requisite for setting up against a third party in assigning the claim, and to make assignees determine their order of superiority according to the date on the claim assignment deed, defining the contract on the assignment of claim as a formal contract for that purpose. The requisite for setting up against obligor was also relaxed. For example, notice by the enforcement agency and consent by notarized deed required under the previous law was simplified to a simple notice and consent. Article 450 (1) of the Korean Civil Act stipulates that the assignment of a nominative claim cannot be set up against the obligor, unless the assigner has given notice thereof to obligor or the obligor has consented thereto, and Paragraph (2) of the same Article prescribed that the notice or consent cannot be set up against a third person other than the obligor, unless it is put in writing with a certified fixed date. The legislative proposal to change to bona fide protectionism, like the German Civil Code, is worthy of paying attention, but the principle of requisite for setting up against still has the practical value in that it contributes to safe transaction through protection against the risk of double payment for the obligor and the function of fixing the position of the assignee. And from a realistic perspective, in the current situation where the principle of requisite for setting up against has already been quite widely accepted, it is my opinion that it is more appropriate to consider other systems more suitable for the disclosure of requisite for setting up against, going beyond the recognition of the obligor of notice or consent, which is the current requisite for setting up against between obligor and the third party while maintaining the principle of requisite for setting up against. In this paper, based on a review of the legislative cases of each country, as an improvement to Article 450 of the Korean Civil Act, I am going to look into a method of executing an agreement on assignment of a claim in a written contract similar to that prescribed in the French Civil Code in relation to requisite for setting up against the third party and giving effect to the fixed date given thereto, and a method to request registration of assignment of a claim as a requisite for setting up against the third party in the assignment of a claim while maintaining the notice and consent, the requisite for setting up again

채무불이행의 면책사유로서의 불가항력 - 프랑스에서의 논의를 중심으로 -

The French Civil Code provides for strict liability and exemption from force majeure for damages resulting from non-performance. However, in practice, the cases of force majeure are expanded and interpreted to operate similarly to the non-performance liability principle. In French academic circles, there is also a strong view that force majeure, which is a ground for exemption from non-performance, is the same as no fault. The liability for damages resulting from non-performance is a variation of the original obligation, and the occurrence of the liability for damages is determined by the standards of the duty of care of the original obligation. On the one hand, imposing a good manager's duty of care, but on the other hand, saying that liability for damages arises if a higher duty of care is not fulfilled can be seen as a contradiction. In particular, it should be noted that the degree of duty of care may be changed by law or agreement of the parties. It is not reasonable to ignore these changes and unconditionally require irresistibility, impose a very high duty of care, and pay compensation for damages if this is not done. Even our civil law is based on the duty of care of a good manager (Articles 374 and 681). However, in some cases, the duty of care could be seen as a duty of care towards one's own property. (Articles 695 and 922). In addition, the degree of duty of care may be strengthened by agreement between the parties through strict liability, or the degree of duty of care may be weakened by indemnification for non-performance of obligations due to negligence. Uniformly in all cases, it is difficult to find a valid reason to impose a very high duty of care on the debtor, and force the debtor to perform the obligation unless performance is virtually impossible. If the debtor has fulfilled the duty of care or duty of good faith required by the provisions of the law or the agreement of the parties, it would be reasonable and appropriate to exempt the debtor from liability for damages even if there is a non-performance.

채권양도금지 특약과 채권양도의 제3자에 대한 대항요건에 관한 비교법적 연구

At the time of the enactment of the Korean Civil Code, the provision regarding anti-assignment clauses and perfection of the assignment of claims against third parties were referred to the Japanese Civil Code. However, in 2017, Japan significantly revised Article 466 of its Civil Code, which deals with the anti-assignment clause. The provisions of the Japanese Civil Code regarding perfection of the assignment of claims against third parties were referred to the French Civil Code when Japan enacted its Civil Code in 1896. However, France revised its Civil Code to adopt a written form requirement for the contract of assignment of claims (French Civil Code, Article 1322), and removed the requirement of notification to the debtor for perfection of the assignment of claims against third parties, so that perfection of the assignment against third parties is acquired at the time of the conclusion of the assignment agreement (French Civil Code, Article 1323). The German Civil Code, from the beginning, stipulates that perfection of the assignment against third parties is acquired at the time of the conclusion of the assignment contract, and notification to the debtor is not a requirement. Considering these global revision trends, it is desirable to consider revision of the Korean Civil Code regarding anti-assignment clauses and perfection of the assignment of claims against third parties. As a proposed revision to the Korean Commercial Code, the introduction of a provision specifically dealing with receivables can also be considered. According to this proposal, for non-monetary claims, the assignment of claims would be void if the assignee is aware (or grossly negligent) of the anti-assignment clause, and the assignment would be valid if the assignee is unaware under the Korean Civil Code; and in the case of commercial receivables, the assignment of receivables would be valid regardless of whether the assignee is aware or unaware of the anti-assignment clause, thereby protecting the safety of transactions involving receivables under the proposed Commercial Code revision. An analysis of overseas legislation shows that there are few examples of legislation that stipulate notification to the debtor as a requirement for perfection of the assignment of receivables against third parties. With France’s revision of its Civil Code, the Japanese Civil Code is almost the only example of such legislation. It is time for Korea to consider a revision that liberates the assignor from the obligation to notify the debtor in order to perfect the assignment against third parties. To alleviate the burden of notifying the debtor of the assignment of receivables, it is necessary to revise the Act on Security over Movable Assets and Receivables to include the assignment of receivables within its scope of application.

The Extent to Which the Fault Is Required as a Basic Element of the Tortious Liability in the Iraqi Civil Law: An Analytical Comparative Study

The Author has done his utmost to draw distinctions between the Iraqi civil law No. (40) of 1951 from one hand and the Islamic jurisprudence, the English common law and some other Arab comparative laws. Although the Iraqi civil law is affected by the Islamic jurisprudence, and borrows the term of guaranteeing the harmful act from the juristic maxims of this jurisprudence. But it adopts impliedly the concept of the fault in the first paragraph of the article (186), by stipulating the willfulness or encroachment of both the perpetrator and the abettor. Thus confusing between the system of the guarantee and that of the liability. Unlike the Islamic jurisprudence which adopts the idea of guaranteeing the harmful act, and distinguishes obviously between the guaranteeing of the perpetrator and that of the abettor. Or between the act done directly by perpetration and indirectly by causation, and does not recognize the idea of the fault. As far as the English common law is concerned, it adopts the fault-based liability as a general principle, the same is true for the Egyptian civil law No. 131 of 1948. Whereas both the Jordanian Civil Law No. 43 of 1976, and the Federal civil transactions law No. 5 of 1985 of the United Arab Emirates adopt the idea of guaranteeing the harm rather than the fault. The problem of the research lies in the confusion, embarrassment and perplexity in the situation of the Iraqi civil law concerning the basic element of the fault in the tortious liability. Therefore the author tries hard to solve confusion, remove both the embarrassment and perplexity by analyzing the true situation of the Iraqi civil law towards this basic element, and comparing it with the Islamic jurisprudence, which is considered as its original historical source, by which it is highly affected. As well as the English common law, considered as the leading legal system within the Anglo-American legal system, and different from the civil law system, led by the French civil code, by which the Iraqi civil law is indirectly affected, through being affected by the Egyptian civil law. The author suggests some relevant recommendations, the most important of which is thedistinction between the system of the liability and that of guaranteeing the harmful act, and adopt the former in the case of the damage done by perpetration, and the latter in the case of the damage done by causation.

프랑스 민법에서 소멸시효 완성의 효과

In this article, the author examines the effects of liberative prescription in French civil law and its implications for the interpretation of the Korean Civil Code. The conclusions can be summarized as follows:&#x0D; 1. The question of whether a right is extinguished by the expiration of a prescription period, whether the expiration must be pleaded as a defense, and who may plead it, is a long-standing issue that has been debated since Roman law.&#x0D; 2. The provisions of the French Civil Code regarding the effects of liberative prescription generally align with the absolute theory in Korean law. The expiration of a prescription period results in the extinguishment of the right or its action, allowing the benefit of prescription to be claimed by other interested parties in addition to the debtor. However, the court cannot consider it ex officio, and restitution is not allowed if the extinguished obligation has been paid. In contrast to our absolute theory, French law differs in that the debtor's other creditors can claim the benefit of prescription only to the extent that the debtor is insolvent.&#x0D; 3. The following observations can be drawn from French civil law for the interpretation of the Korean Civil Code. First, the necessity of claiming the benefit of prescription is closely related to the possibility of its waiver, and under the absolute theory, therefore, the defense of prescription is treated as a procedural matter concerning the extinguished rights. Second, in view of Article 404 (2), a debtor should be able to contest a defense of prescription against the oblique action of their creditor's creditor if the latter's claim is already time-barred. Third, claiming the benefit of prescription by other creditors of the debtor in question, including mortgagees in inferior rankings, is permissible, but only to the extent that the debtor is insolvent, aligning with the policy of the oblique action.

LEXICAL-SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FRENCH СIVIL ENGINEERING TERMS BORROWED FROM GERMANIC FAMILY OF LANGUAGES

The research deals with the problems of the borrowed Germanic terms in French сivil engineering terminology. We analyze the assimilation degree of borrowings from Germanic family of languages and semantic processes that occur when these lexical units enter the system of French civil engineering terms.

The fishing industry and the growing food insecurity in Africa: an empirical analysis with an instrumented quantile approach

ABSTRACT Sustainable fishing and inclusive aquatic food systems improve livelihoods sustainability of millions of individuals in developing countries, particularly in Africa. This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the role of the African fishing industry in ensuring food security in 40 African countries between 2001 and 2018, using the smoothed instrumental-variables quantile regression strategy. The findings reveal a positive effect of the fishing industry on food security in Africa, consistent in both the landlocked and coastal, low and middle-income African countries, irrespective of whether they adopt the English common law, the Portuguese or the French civil law systems to govern their institutions. Similarly, the results reveal that fisheries production interacts with increased nitrate-oxide emission to produce positive synergy effects on prevalence of undernourishment. Addressing the concern of environmental degradation in the quest for ensuring food security, we established a net impact of fish production-environmental degradation nexus on the prevalence of undernourishment which still reveals a negative effect. Practical policy implications should be formulated with immediate action to ensure sustainable fisheries management in preserving aquatic organisms for sustainable food security.

From Causal Inferences to Predictive Analytics: Using AI to Settle on Damages

From the perspective of both plaintiffs and defendants, the measurement of damages quantum is of the utmost importance. It is surprising to see this process left entirely to the court’s discretion, as quantum is traditionally considered a question of fact. Quantifying damages presents significant challenges due to the subjective nature of court discretion, leading to uncertainty for both plaintiffs and defendants. This research addresses this issue by examining difficult-to-quantify contract damages through empirical and comparative methodologies. Based on prior studies on French civil law and American common law, this empirical study involved quantitative analysis of various contract cases. Methodological advancements, including Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, facilitated automated extraction and analysis of key variables. With a focus on overcoming sample size limitations and enhancing accuracy, this study achieved a classification accuracy of over 85% for identified essential variables. The more recent integration of generative AI and Large Language Modeling marked significant progress in quantifying damages. I conclude with recommendations for sustainable management practices in this field.

Suspension of the statute of limitations for civil claims: A comparative study of arab legislations

This study investigates the concept of suspension of statutory time limits for civil claims, where suspension is defined as a legitimate excuse that pauses the prescription period due to physical, moral, or legal impediments preventing a claimant from enforcing their rights. The research examines how the Ottoman Mecelle (still applicable in Palestine), and the Civil Codes of Jordan and Egypt, address this issue within their legal frameworks, which integrate Civil Law principles with classical Islamic jurisprudence. The findings reveal that while Arab legal systems generally adopt a broad view of suspension, recognizing a wide range of impediments, the French Civil Code applies a more restrictive approach. Additionally, the study highlights the role of judicial discretion in determining and applying suspension, noting variations across jurisdictions. It critically evaluates specific legal provisions, such as those related to travel and prolonged absence in the Mecelle, and suggests updates to these provisions to better reflect modern practices. The study recommends standardizing definitions of impediments, updating outdated legal provisions, and refining judicial discretion to ensure that suspensions are applied fairly, focusing on whether the impediment materially affected the claimant's ability to assert their rights. These insights aim to enhance the clarity and fairness of applying statutory time limits across different legal systems.

THE ECOLOGICAL INTEREST: FROM THE COLLECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST TO THE NATURAL COMMON INTEREST. TOWARDS A CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL INTEREST?

The recent introduction in the French civil law of ecological prejudice’s concept raises some questions. In particular the one wether if the recognition of the nature’s interest for itself needs a reworking of the French civil law’s architecture which recognize only human being as a subject of law. An answer will be brought to this question and also to the question concerning the best way to protect ecological interest.

Legal Translation in Algeria: The Justice Scales to The Test of Equivalence

Legal translation is a specialized area of translation that requires a deep understanding of legal ‎systems, legal terminology, and the cultural context in which the legal document was created. ‎In Algeria, legal translation plays a critical role in facilitating communication and ensuring the ‎accuracy and clarity of legal documents. This paper will explore the challenges and ‎considerations that legal translators in Algeria face, including linguistic, cultural, and legal ‎factors. Through a thorough analysis of legal translation in Algeria, this paper seeks to shed ‎light on the essential role that legal translation plays in promoting access to justice and ‎maintaining the integrity of legal systems in Algeria, where legal translation is particularly ‎important due to the country's unique, complex, and diverse legal system, which combines ‎elements of French civil law and Islamic law, in addition to the multiple official languages, ‎including Arabic, French, and Berber. Moreover, the legal documents that require translation ‎in Algeria range from contracts and agreements to court documents and legal judgments. ‎These documents often have significant legal consequences, making accuracy and precision in ‎legal translation critical. In this context, it is essential for legal translators in Algeria to have ‎specialized training and expertise in legal translation to ensure that legal documents are ‎accurately and effectively translated across different languages and legal systems using all ‎types of equivalence for terms and concepts dealt with and comparative law study for the text ‎to be translated. ‎

Comment rire des lois, du magistrat et des dieux en droit des contrats ? ou Petit manuel juridique pour Anarchist/Prostitute…

Ce texte propose l'analyse de l'article 1134 du Code civil français « Les conventions légalement formées tiennent lieu de loi à ceux qui les ont faites » à l'aune de la période révolutionnaire et de certains de ses acteurs. Ainsi peut être questionnée la préférence du législateur de 1804 pour le mot ''convention'' plutôt que ''contrat'' selon une approche développée par l'historien Reinhart Koselleck ; et dans l'esprit des philosophies du droit et du politique de Miguel Abensour ; Boyan Manchev ; et de Laurent de Sutter. L’objectif étant de proposer comment rire des lois, du magistrat et des dieux en droit des contrats. Quelque chose comme un petit manuel juridique pour « anarchist/prostitute », qui « figures out the true meaning of contractual freedom. »

Developments in the Division of Civil Liability in the French Civil Code in the light of Decree No. 131 of 2016 - a comparaative study –

Developments in the Division of Civil Liability in the French Civil Code in the light of Decree No. 131 of 2016 - a comparaative study –

A comparative analysis of the legal term “age of majority” in Japan and in France

The age of majority in Japan was lowered from 20 to 18 on 1 April 2022 when a newly revised Civil Code came into effect. Japanese young people 18 years of age and older will now be able to make their own life choices and decisions in various social situations. At the same time, they will also have the responsibilities of adults. Various opinion polls, however, show a widespread lack of concrete understanding of people’s rights and responsibilities in Japan. This paper explores the meaning of the term 成年 seinen (age of majority) by comparing the case of France on the basis of the French Civil Code in order to shed light on the legal and common meaning of “attaining adulthood.”