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Constitutional Laws of 1875 of the Third Republic, 24 and 25 February, and 16 July 1875. 20th century: [3] Constitutional Law of 1940 adopted 10 July 1940, established Vichy France. Constitutional law of 2 November 1945, organized the Provisional Government of the French Republic. Constitution of 27 October 1946, established the Fourth Republic.
An uncodified constitution is one where not all elements are written into law. Typically some elements, such as constitutional conventions, are not written into law. Such elements are almost always written down somewhere (perhaps across multiple documents and/or publications), however written in documents that are not enforceable in law.
French Constitution of 1791; French Constitution of 1793; French Constitution of 1848; French Constitution of 1852; French Constitutional Law of 1940; French constitutional laws of 1875; Fundamental laws of the Kingdom of France
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la Cinquième République), [1] and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a 1971 decision of the Constitutional Council. [2]
The Constitution of the French Republic of 27 October 1946 [1] [a] was the constitution of the French Fourth Republic.. Adopted by the Constituent Assembly of 1946 [] on 29 September 1946, [7] [b] [c] and promulgated by Georges Bidault, president of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, on 27 October 1946, [3] it was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic the ...
A draft was written in 1941 and signed by Pétain in 1944, but it was never submitted or ratified. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Ordinance of 9 August 1944 was an ordinance promulgated by the Provisional Government of the French Republic after D-Day asserting the nullity of the Constitutional Law of 1940 and other classes of law passed later by Vichy.
The French Constitution of 1791 (French: Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791) was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the French Revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty.
The bill of 2000 is the first constitutional amendment submitted to referendum pursuant to section 89 of the Constitution. After 73% of "yes" votes on 24 September 2000, it passed on October 2. It limited the term of French presidents to five years, but was not applied to the president, Jacques Chirac, who was elected in 1995 for seven years.