More than 2 centuries after their adoption (1804-2018), the outdated provisions of the French Civil Code on the law of contracts were finally reformed in the name of attractivity and economic efficiency within a political context of Europeanization of the contract law and the competition of English law in international trade. From a panoramic perspective, this paper, in a comparative perspective with Quebec civil law of contracts, provides an in-depth overview of the main innovations recorded in the new French law of contracts. It appears that the French legislature has favored a codification à droit constant by a consecration of the anterior positions of the judges and doctrine but with some major changes such as the suppression of the cau...