10. Glossary

Administrative Police

Unlike the judicial police, whose aim is repression, the administrative police aim is prevention, with a view to maintaining public order; the ICPE police are special administrative police.

Rules and regulations

Texts adopted by representatives of the executive branch (minister, prefect, local executive), which executes laws and court rulings, as opposed to the legislative branch (Parliament), which passes laws, and the judicial branch (courts and tribunals), which judges disputes.

Legislation, legislative text

Texts adopted by representatives of the legislative power (Parliament), which passes laws, as opposed to the executive power (minister, prefect, local executive), which executes laws and court decisions, and the judicial power (courts...