Corps législatif

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The Corps législatif was the lower legislative assembly of Napoléon Bonaparte’s First French Empire, formally tasked with voting on laws proposed by the executive while operating under tightly controlled imperial authority.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction France ⓘ
controlledBy Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

imperial executive ⓘ
couldNot freely debate in public ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
dissolved 1814 ⓘ
1815 ⓘ
followedBy Chambre des députés ⓘ
Chambre des représentants ⓘ
governmentForm authoritarian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hadLimitedPowers true ⓘ
hasRole legislative deliberation ⓘ
voting on laws ⓘ
historicalEra Napoleonic era ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
inception 1799 ⓘ
25 December 1799 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year X ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor First French Empire ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
mainFunction voting on bills drafted by the Conseil d’État ⓘ
meetingsWere non-public ⓘ
membersSelectedBy census suffrage ⓘ
namedAfter French term for legislative body ⓘ
numberOfChambers one ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
operatedUnder imperial authority ⓘ
partOf French legislative system under the Consulate ⓘ
French legislative system under the First Empire ⓘ
institutions of the First French Empire ⓘ
precededBy Conseil des Cinq-Cents ⓘ
replaced more democratic revolutionary assemblies ⓘ
subordinateTo Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

executive power of the First French Empire ⓘ
symbolized authoritarian legislative model ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
workedWith Conseil d’État ⓘ
Sénat conservateur ⓘ
Tribunat ⓘ
linked to: Tribunate

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First French Empire → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
Council of Ancients → followedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Second French Empire → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject linked to: Second Empire of France
Second French Empire → lowerHouse → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject linked to: Second Empire of France
Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu → memberOf → Corps législatif (First French Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Corps législatif
Tribunate → collaboratedWith → Corps législatif ⓘ
French Empire → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
President of the Corps législatif → partOf → Corps législatif ⓘ
Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne → commissionedBy → Corps législatif of the French Empire ⓘ
linked to: Corps législatif
First Consul of France → legislativeBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Consuls of France → oversawInstitution → Legislative Body (Corps législatif) ⓘ
linked to: Corps législatif
Consulate → legislativeBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Conseil des Anciens → replacedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies (France) → replaced → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Constitution of 1852 → createdBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Bigot de Préameneu → memberOf → Corps législatif ⓘ
Napoleonic institutions → hasPart → Corps législatif ⓘ
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) → legislature → Corpo Legislativo ⓘ
linked to: Corps législatif
Senate of the Second Empire → hasLowerHouse → Corps législatif ⓘ
Senate (Napoleonic France) → hasAuthorityOver → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
Chamber of Representatives (France, 1815) → precededBy → Corps législatif (First French Empire) ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Representatives
linked to: Corps législatif
Chamber of Deputies (France) → precededBy → Corps législatif (First French Empire) ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Corps législatif
Conseil des Cinq-Cents → replacedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Chambre des députés → precededBy → Corps législatif ⓘ