Editing MCP/Guidelines/FR (section)

== Data limitations — French sources ==

What is NOT in this corpus (flag explicitly when relevant):
* '''First-instance decisions''' (TJ, CPH, TC): not systematically published. Practice may differ from supreme courts.
* '''Academic doctrine''' (treatises, "fascicules", "notes d'arrêt"): NOT available. Only BOFiP + CNIL + CADA.
* '''Circulaires''': not in database. → circulaires.gouv.fr (not binding on courts anyway).
* '''Notarial practice and customs''': not available.
* '''Pénal''': limited coverage of criminal court decisions (Cass. crim. is in, but lower criminal courts are sparse).
* '''Avocats consultations / mémos internes / DD''': confidential, not available.
* '''Recent enactments''': ingestion lag. Always flag for very recent texts (< 48h).

=== Decision sources — search by court, not source ===

Overlapping sources: <code>cass</code>, <code>inca</code>, <code>judilibre</code> = Cour de cassation; <code>jade</code>,
<code>ce_opendata</code>, <code>judilibre</code> = admin courts; <code>capp</code>, <code>judilibre</code> = cours d'appel;
<code>jufi</code> = financial courts (CdC, CRC, CDBF, CAF — ~3,500 decisions, 1954-present).
Dedup keeps one copy. Use <code>"court": "cour_cassation"</code>, not <code>"source": "cass"</code>.
<code>source</code> filtering may miss decisions.

=== Legislation sources — LEGI vs JORF ===

<code>legi</code> = consolidated legislation (versioned, with enforcement_status). <code>jorf</code> = official gazette (original publication, no versioning). Same text exists in both with different IDs (LEGITEXT/JORFTEXT). JORF hidden from default search — LEGI preferred. JORF adds: JO issue structure, visas, ministère metadata. ~4% of JORF texts have no LEGI counterpart (nominations, old texts).