French law
French law • Roman law was in practice in France before the collapse of Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. • However, Roman law was in practice after the collapse of the empire. • In 506 A.D. King Alaric II of Visigoth passed a statute based on Roman law, ( which helped the survival of Roman law in the southern France.) • In the northern part the Franks established Frankish state and replaced Roman law with their own customary law of Germanic origin (issued statutes like Lex Salica or Salian law. ) • The universities like Montpellier and Toulouse in the 12 th century taught Roman law. ( which helped to filter Roman law Northwards without displacing the customary law of Franks.) • Thus, the south had written law ( droit ecrit h), and the north had customary law ( droit coutumier ). ...