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Archive: September 2014 (20 Posts)

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How Sunday Came to be Established as a Day of Rest in France

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Nicolas Boring, foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress.  Nicolas has previously contributed guest posts on French Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights and Napoleon Bonaparte and Mining Rights in France. It is no secret that French workers benefit from a generous amount of vacation time.  Indeed, …