Template:Cite French law/doc

Usage
This template allows for an easy citing of French laws.

To do

 * Clean up parameter names/usage and debug
 * Consider moving to CS1|2 wrapper
 * Add support for NOR, ELI, ECLI, JORF
 * Add support for typical CS1 parameters like access-date

With all parameters
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Without article
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Lower case, without article, full name, language and link
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Background information
The official French legalese definition of arrêté is in section 1.3 of See also section 6 (Principales règles typographiques...) for everything you wanted to know about French legal citation formatting.

The basic layout of most French statutes is described in English at

Template Data
{	"params": { "articles": { "label": "Articles' numbers", "description": "If a certain group of articles in the law is being cited, insert the numbers of those articles here.", "type": "number", "suggested": false },		"number or usual name": { "label": "number or usual name", "description": "The law number or the law's usual name. If you choose to insert its number here, use the 'n°' format.", "example": "n° 85-677", "type": "string", "suggested": false },		"lower case": { "label": "Toggle lowercase first letter", "description": "If you want the first letter of the law to be lowercase, insert 'yes' here.", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean", "autovalue": "yes", "suggested": false },		"language": { "label": "Language", "description": "The language that the text/URL is written in", "example": "French", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "French", "English" ],			"default": "French" },		"URL": { "label": "URL", "description": "A URL hosting a copy of the law", "type": "url" },		"full name": { "label": "Full name", "description": "The law's complete name", "type": "string", "suggested": false },		"article": { "label": "Article number", "description": "If a specific article within a law is being cited, use this parameter to indicate its number", "example": "1", "type": "number", "suggested": false },		"date in French": { "label": "Date (in French)", "description": "the full date on which the law was enacted (must be in French)", "example": "11 mai 1842", "type": "date", "required": true }	},	"description": "Facilitates citations of French law", "format": "inline" }