Constitution of 4 November 1848

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The Constitution of 4 November 1848 was the foundational charter of the French Second Republic, establishing a democratic regime with universal male suffrage and a powerful elected president.

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Constitution of 4 November 1848 canonical 4
Constitution of 1848 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational charter ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
abolishes political institutions of the July Monarchy ⓘ
adoptionDate 1848-11-04 ⓘ
aim establish a democratic regime ⓘ
replace monarchical rule with a republic ⓘ
appliesTo French Second Republic ⓘ
branchStructure separation of powers ⓘ
contains declaration of rights and duties ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defines civil and political rights of citizens ⓘ
electoral system for the legislature ⓘ
institutions of the French Second Republic ⓘ
powers of the president ⓘ
draftedBy Constituent Assembly of 1848 ⓘ
established French Second Republic ⓘ
executiveBranch President of the Republic ⓘ
follows July Monarchy constitutional framework ⓘ
geographicScope French colonies (with limitations) ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
governmentForm republic ⓘ
headOfStateSelection direct election ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
historicalContext post-1848 revolutions in Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy French revolutionary constitutional traditions ⓘ
liberal and democratic ideas of 1848 ⓘ
inForceDuring French Second Republic ⓘ
judicialBranch independent judiciary ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalDomain public law ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the French Second Republic ⓘ
legislativeBranch unicameral National Assembly ⓘ
locationOfDrafting Paris ⓘ
politicalOrientation republican ⓘ
politicalSystemFeature powerful elected president ⓘ
universal male suffrage ⓘ
precedes Constitution of 14 January 1852 ⓘ
regimeType democratic regime ⓘ
shortDescription foundational charter of the French Second Republic establishing a democratic regime with universal male suffrage and a powerful elected president ⓘ
subject constitutional law of France ⓘ
suffrageScope all adult French males ⓘ
suffrageType universal male suffrage ⓘ
year 1848 ⓘ

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French Second Republic → constitution → Constitution of 4 November 1848 ⓘ
National Assembly (French Second Republic) → legalBasis → Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
linked to: Constitution of 4 November 1848
Constituent Assembly of the French Second Republic → adopted → Constitution of 4 November 1848 ⓘ
French presidential election of 1848 → legalBasis → Constitution of 4 November 1848 ⓘ