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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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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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