Appeals for all cases are heard by the cour d'appel , with criminal cases refered by the cour d'appel to the cour d'assises . The court of last resort for l'ordre judicaire is the cour de cassation , and for l'ordre administratif , it is the Conseil d' tat . The Conseil constitutionnel is a special type of court, belonging to neither the administrative nor the ordinary court system. There is no appeal from the Conseil constitutionnel . Established by Article 52 of the Constitution of 1799, this is the court of last resort for administrative matters.
Recent decisions are available on the Internet.
A small database of decisions is also available. Keep in mind the other sources of French case law. Print court reporters are available in the International Legal Studies section of the Harvard Law School Library. Like other jurisdictional materials at ILS, court reporters are arranged under the Moody classification system . A list of the numerous subjects with the corresponding two digit number is provided in the Moody Guide .