page_title: Old French law
hierarchical_section_title: Old French law
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karte der Rechtskreise des droit écrit (Römisches Recht) und des droit coutumier (Gewohnheitsrecht) im französischen Ancien Regime Français&#160;: Carte du pays de droit coutumier et du pays de droit écrit
context_page_description: Old French law, referred to in French as l'Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were the Pays de coutumes, where customary laws were in force, while at the south were the Pays de droit écrit, where Roman law had remained paramount. Roughly speaking, the line separating the two areas was the river Loire, from Geneva to the mouth of the Charente, although this was not a firm border between the two categories of law. As worded by George Mousourakis, "in both zones, the law in force also included elements derived from royal, feudal, and canonical sources."
context_section_description: Old French law, referred to in French as l'Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were the Pays de coutumes ('customary countries'), where customary laws were in force, while at the south were the Pays de droit écrit ('countries of written law'), where Roman law had remained paramount. Roughly speaking, the line separating the two areas was the river Loire, from Geneva to the mouth of the Charente, although this was not a firm border between the two categories of law. As worded by George Mousourakis, "in both zones, the law in force also included elements derived from royal, feudal, and canonical sources."
caption: Zone of customary laws (droit coutumier) in the north and of written law (droit écrit) in the south, before the French Revolution
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