La laïcité en France : du concept juridique au traitement lexicographique

Following a brief review of the evolution of the French concept of laïcité, the present paper identifies its constitutive principles first, and then compares the image that emerges from legal studies with the one reproduced in general and specialised French lexicographic references, in print and in electronic format, in order to assess whether and to what extent the selected resources enable non-expert users to understand the complexity of this fundamental principle in France, including recent changes in legal and political thinking around the concept