French Legislative Debates/Documents

Debates and documents (sometimes called Impressions) were published in the Moniteur Universel and the Journal officiel.  Beginning in 1814, they were also published in series often called Annales which were revised versions with their own indexes.

Major Series and Abbreviations:

Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860
Ser I 1787-1799 (Full text online through Jan. 1794)   AP-I
Ser II 1800-1860 (Full text online through 17 July 1839; Publication stopped at 1839; never completed to 1860)   AP-II
Fr 1325.160 (Widener) (AP-I) 1787-1799
HathiTrust (API, APII)
Google Books (API, APII)
Fr Doc 25.6.2 (at HD) (AP-II) 1803-1839

AP-I indexes: v.1-7 (1787-1789) in v. 7; v. 8-32 (1789-1791) in v. 33; v. 34-50 (1791-1792) in v. 51; v. 52-70 (1792-1793) in v. 71; v. 72-82 (1793-Jan. 4 1794) in v. 82.
AP-II indexes: v. 1-13 (1800-1815) in v. 14; v. 15--61 (1815-1830) in v. 62.

The Archives parlementaires is a compendium of debates and documents from various sources, including newspapers, intended to give a full picture of parliamentary activity.

Annales du parlement français, ed. by M. Fleury. Paris, F. Didot frères, 10 v. 1839-1849.  APF
Covers 1839-1849
Gallica (1843-1848)
HathiTrust 1839-1849

Le Moniteur Universel. Réimpression de l'ancien Moniteur: depuis la réunion des
États-généraux jusqu'au Consulat (mai 1789-novembre 1799).... 1840-1845. 32 v.  MU
Widener | Harvard Depository  |  Fr 1325.39
Making of the Modern World
Google Books
Widener | Fr 1325.38 and Fr 1325.39

Le Moniteur universal (title varies), 1789-1870
Law School HD (1799-1869)

Journal officiel de l'Empire français, 1869 (1 Jan.) – 1870 (4 Sept.)
Gallica

Journal officiel de la République française, 1870-1941.
Law School Harvard Depository Microfilm
Gallica 1870-1880

 

1799-1804    Revolution/First Republic/Directory/Consulate

Chambre/Senat

Debates

Fr 1325.160 (Widener) (AP-I) 1787-1799
HathiTrust (AP-I)
Google Books (AP-I)
Widener | Fr 1325.39(MU)
Making of the Modern World (1850-1854 ed.) (MU)
HathiTrust (v.1-32; v. 24 not full text) (MU)
Google Books (scattered vols, includes v. 24)

 

1804-1814    First Empire

Chambre/Senat

Debates

Fr Doc 25.6.2 (at HD) (AP-II) 1803-1839
Google Books
HathiTrust (AP-II)

Note: During some of these years France used a “Republican” calendar and not the Gregorian; a concordance can be found at the beginning of most of the volumes).

 

1814-1848 Restoration (Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe)

 

 

HathiTrust (1839-1848)  APF

Chambre des deputes

Debates

 

Chambre des pairs

Debates

Fr Doc 25.6.2 (at HD) AP-II 1800-1839
Google Books AP-II
HathiTrust (AP-II)
HathiTrust 1843-1844, 1848
Fr Doc 25.11 (at HD)  1815, 1842-44, 1846

 

Documents

Fr Doc 25.12 (at HD) 1842-44, 1846

 

1848-1849    Provisional

Assemblee nationale Constituante

Debates

Fr Doc 25.19.20 1848
---Index Fr Doc 25.19.22
HathiTrust (1839-1849) APF
HathiTrust (1848-1851)

 

1849-1851    Second Republic

Assemblee nationale Legislative

Debates

HathiTrust 5/1849-12/1851

--Index: Fr Doc 25.19.2

 

1852-1870    Second Empire

Assemblee (Corps législatif)

Debates

HathiTrust 1861-1870
Law Sch. at HD 1829-1868 (Moniteur Universel)

Senat

Debates

Fr Doc 25.27 1865-1870 inc
HathiTrust Version 1861-1870
Google Books 1865-1870 inc
Law Sch. at HD 1829-1871 (Moniteur Universel)

 

Documents

Fr Doc 25.27.20 1851-59, 1865
--Index: Fr Doc 25.27.5 1852-1859

 

1871-1876    Provisional

Assemblee nationale

Debates

Fr Doc 25.30.10  (at HD) 1871-1876
--Index: Fr Doc 25.30.15
HathiTrust 1871-1876

 

Documents

Included with debates

Senat

Debates

Fr Doc 14.40 1871-1942
HathiTrust 1871-1876

 

1876-1942   Third Republic

Chambre/Senat

Debates (Debates published together 1876-1880)

Fr Doc 12.30 1876-1880

Google Books 1876-1880

Chambre/Senat

(Documents published together 1876-1883)

Fr Doc 25.30.25 (at HD) 1881-1883

Chambre des deputes

Debates

Fr Doc 16.26 1881-1909
Fr Doc 16.25 1895-1940
Gallica 1881-1940, 1948

 

Documents

Fr Doc 25.30.55 (at HD) 1883-1909
Fr Doc 25.46 1887-1938 (inc.)

Senat

Debates

Gallica (1881-1940)
Fr Doc 14.30 (HD) 1881-1937
Fr Doc 14.40 (at HD) 1912-1940
Film SC 238 (at HD) 3/1940-4/1940
HathiTrust 1882-1905
HathiTrust 1895-1908

 

Documents

Fr Doc 25.30.40 (at HD) 1883-1937
Fr Doc 25.45 (at HD) 1887-1938 inc
HathiTrust 1883-1918 inc (Annexes)

 

Provisional    1943-1946

Assemblee consultative Provisoire

Debates

Film S 26 11/1943-7/1944
Fr Doc 16.40 11/1944-10/1945

 

Documents (Lois)

Law Sch. KJV17 .F73 1943 6/1943-8/1944
Fr Doc 16.46 11/1944-8/1945

Assemblee nationale Constituante

Debates

Fr Doc 16.48 11/1945-4/1946

 

Documents

Fr Doc 16.48.5 11/1945-4/1946

Assemblee nationale

Debates

Fr Doc 16.48 6/1946-12/1946

 

Documents Annexe no. II

Fr Doc 16.48.10 6/1946-10/1946

 

Fourth Republic 1946-1958

Assemblee nationale

Debates

Fr Doc 16.49 1947-1970
Assemblée nationale website 1945-1958)

 

Documents

Fr Doc 12.50 1946-1957

Conseil de la Republique

Debates

Fr Doc 12.40 1947-1958

 

Documents

Fr Doc 12.50 1946-1957
Fr Doc 16.55 1946-1970
Fr Doc 16.57 Some at HD 1970-

Union francaise

Debates

Fr Doc 25.170 1947-1958

 

Documents

Fr Doc 25.170.5 1947-1958
Fr Doc 25.170.10 1955-1958

Note: Through 1949 the Annales de l’assemblee nationale includes Compte-rendu Integral (Verbatim Report), and Questions ecrites et reponses des ministres (Written Questions and Ministerial Replies).  In March of 1950 these were replaced by the Debats de l’assemblee nationale.

 

Fifth Republic    1958-

 

 

JO électronique authentifié 1990
Assemblée nationale 1993-

Assemblee nationale 

Debates

Fr Doc 16.49 1947-1970
--Index: Fr Doc  2.250 1958-1962
Assemblée nationale website (1958- )

 

Documents

Fr Doc 16.55 1946-1970
Fr Doc 16.57 Some at HD 1970-
Film S 3094 1975-1988
Film S 3785 1981-1985

Senat

Debates

Fr Doc 16.49.5 1970-1996?? Index: end of each year
Film S 3088 6/1973-11/1973
Film S 3802 1981-1986
Senat Website 1958-1996
Fr Doc 14.40 (at HD)  1958-1961
--Index: (Sub-B) 1958-59, 1961
Fr Doc 14.42 1962- Index: end of each year

 

Documents

Film S 3094 1975-1988
Film S 3803 (at HD) 1981-1986 (Questions ecrites)
Fr Doc 14.50 1958-1999, 1999-2012 (HD)
Film S 3095 1977/78-?? (Impressions)

 

Indexes for 1913-1953 (inc.) are bound separately in Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise: Tables (Fr Doc 5.2 F); indexes for 1871-1965 (Film S 1154).  For years prior to 1913 and after 1953, the Tables du Journal Officiel were separated and bound with the various part of the Journal Officiel to which they referred.

Microfilm of most series are available on Inter-Library Loan from the Center for Research Libraries.  Search in HOLLIS Everything

Note: “Documents” in general include legislative proposals, draft bills, committee reports, and recommendations.