Editing Jurisdictions/FR (section)

== Court hierarchy ==

France has four judicial orders: judicial (''judiciaire''), administrative (''administratif''), financial (''financier''), and constitutional (''constitutionnel''). Each has its own apex court.

=== court_level mapping (T1 tag) ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! court_level !! Court (court tag) !! Order !! Notes
|-
| <code>supreme</code> || Cour de cassation (<code>cour_cassation</code>) || Judicial || Controls law, not facts
|-
| <code>supreme</code> || Conseil d'Etat (<code>conseil_etat</code>) || Administrative || Also government advisor (''avis'' are not ''arrets'')
|-
| <code>supreme</code> || Cour des comptes (<code>cour_des_comptes</code>) || Financial || Apex since 2023 reform; 1st instance (contentious chamber) + cassation over CAF
|-
| <code>appellate</code> || Cour d'appel (<code>cour_appel</code>) || Judicial || Rejudges facts + law
|-
| <code>appellate</code> || Cour administrative d'appel (<code>cour_administrative_appel</code>) || Administrative ||
|-
| <code>appellate</code> || Tribunal superieur d'appel (<code>tribunal_superieur_appel</code>) || Judicial || Overseas territories
|-
| <code>appellate</code> || Cour d'appel financiere (<code>cour_appel_financiere</code>) || Financial || Created 2023; appeals from CRC and CdC contentious chamber
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Tribunal judiciaire (<code>tribunal_judiciaire</code>) || Judicial || General civil/criminal
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Conseil de prud'hommes (<code>conseil_prudhommes</code>) || Judicial || Labor
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Tribunal de commerce (<code>tribunal_commerce</code>) || Judicial || Commercial
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Tribunal administratif (<code>tribunal_administratif</code>) || Administrative ||
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Chambre regionale des comptes (<code>chambre_regionale_des_comptes</code>) || Financial || Local authorities
|-
| <code>first_instance</code> || Cour de discipline budgetaire et financiere (<code>cour_discipline_budgetaire_financiere</code>) || Financial || Abolished 2023 (integrated into CdC); historical decisions 1954-2022
|-
| <code>constitutional</code> || Conseil constitutionnel (<code>conseil_constitutionnel</code>) || Constitutional || QPC can invalidate provisions
|-
| ''null'' || Tribunal des conflits (<code>tribunal_conflits</code>) || Sui generis || Arbitrates judicial vs. admin jurisdiction
|-
| ''null'' || CNIL (<code>cnil</code>) || Independent authority || Data protection
|-
| ''null'' || CADA (<code>cada</code>) || Independent authority || Access to admin documents
|}

=== Source-to-court mapping ===

Multiple data sources cover overlapping courts. Always search by <code>court</code> tag, not <code>source</code>.

{| class="wikitable"
! Source !! System !! Courts covered
|-
| <code>cass</code>, <code>inca</code> || Judicial || Cour de cassation
|-
| <code>capp</code> || Judicial || Cours d'appel
|-
| <code>judilibre</code> || Mixed || Cour de cassation + admin courts + cours d'appel (deduplicated)
|-
| <code>jade</code>, <code>ce_opendata</code> || Administrative || CE, CAA, TA, Tribunal des conflits
|-
| <code>jufi</code> || Financial || CdC, CRC, CDBF, CAF (~3,500 decisions, 1954-present)
|-
| <code>constit</code> || Constitutional || Conseil constitutionnel
|-
| <code>cnil</code> || Independent authority || CNIL sanctions
|-
| <code>cada</code> || Independent authority || CADA opinions
|}

=== Financial order — 2023 reform ===

Before 2023:
* Cour des comptes = appellate over CRC
* CDBF = separate disciplinary court

After 2023:
* Cour des comptes = apex (supreme): contentious chamber (absorbed CDBF) + cassation over CAF
* Cour d'appel financiere (CAF) = new appellate court
* CRC = first instance (unchanged)
* CDBF = abolished, historical decisions remain searchable