Legislative Documents
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; never completed to 1860) AP-II
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.
Le Moniteur Universel. Réimpression de l'ancien Moniteur: depuis la réunion des
États-généraux jusqu'au Consulat (mai 1789-novembre 1799).... 1840- . 32 v. MU
Le Moniteur universal (title varies), 1789-1870
Law School HD (1799-1869)
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)
Widener | Fr 1325.38 (MU)
Making of the Modern World (1850-1854 ed.) (MU)
HathiTrust (v.1-32; v. 24 not full text)
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)
Annales du parlement français HathiTrust (1839-1848)
Chambre des deputes Debates Fr Doc 25.19 (at HD) 1815; 1831-1847
Google Books 1815; 1831-1847
HathiTrust (AP-II) 1800-1839
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 Debates Fr Doc 25.19.20 1848
Constituante Index: Fr Doc 25.19.22
HathiTrust (1848-1851)
1849-1851 Second Republic
Assemblee nationale Debates HathiTrust 5/1849-12/1851
Legislative 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 Fr Doc 12.30 1876-1880
(Debates published together 1876-1880;) Google Books 1876-1880
(Documents published together 1876-1883) Documents 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
HathiTrust 1895-1908 inc
HathiTrust 1883-1918 inc (Annexes)
Provisional 1943-1946
Assemblee consultative Debates Film S 26 11/1943-7/1944
Provisoire 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 Debates Fr Doc 16.48 11/1945-4/1946
Constituante
Documents Fr Doc 16.48.5 11/1945-4/1946
Assemblee nationale Debates Fr Doc 16.48 6/1946-12/1946
Documents Fr Doc 16.48.10 6/1946-10/1946
Annexe no. II
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 Republique 1958-
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
1990- www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr
1993- www.assemblee-nat.fr/
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
Debates 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 under Fr Doc 5.2 F; indexes for 1871-1965 are under 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.
Note: “Documents” in general include legislative proposals, draft bills, committee reports, and recommendations.