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The constitutions of France are the various foundational texts that have organized the institutions of France at different periods of its history. These may be known under various names – constitution, charter, constitutional laws or acts – and take precedence over other legislative texts.
This resulted in 15,000 people having their French nationality revoked, of whom 40% were Jews. Alibert was the signatory of the Statutes on Jews. The first Jewish status law (Le Statut des Juifs) dated 3 October 1940 excluded Jews from the army, press, commercial and industrial activities, and the civil service. Article 9 of the Status stated ...
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.
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.
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
Jews have lived in France since Roman times with a rich and complex history. In the Middle Ages, French kings expelled most of the original Ashkenazi Jewish population to Germany. Since the French Revolution (and Emancipation), Jews have been able to contribute to all aspects
The French Third Republic (French: Troisième République, sometimes written as La III e République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
The French Constitution established a semi-presidential system of government, with two competing readings. [5] In one reading, the executive branch has both a president of the republic and a prime minister , as is commonly seen in parliamentary systems with a symbolic president and a prime minister who directs the government. [ 5 ]