Constitution of 1852

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The Constitution of 1852 was the fundamental law that established and structured the authoritarian regime of Napoleon III during the Second French Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
abolishedInYear 1870 ⓘ
appliesTo Second French Empire ⓘ
branch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
cameAfterEvent coup d’état of 2 December 1851 ⓘ
characterizedBy limited civil liberties ⓘ
strong executive power ⓘ
weak parliamentary control ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdBody Corps législatif ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
createdOffice Emperor of the French (as constitutional office) ⓘ
dateAdopted 1852-01-14 ⓘ
definedSuffrage universal male suffrage (formally) ⓘ
endedWithEvent fall of the Second French Empire ⓘ
establishedRegimeOf Napoleon III ⓘ
followedBy French Constitutional Laws of 1875 ⓘ
governmentForm imperial regime ⓘ
grantedPowersTo Emperor ⓘ
headOfState Napoleon III ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of the French ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second French Empire ⓘ
ideologyAssociated Bonapartism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalBasisFor Second French Empire ⓘ
legalNature authoritarian constitution ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
limitedPowersOf legislative bodies ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian regime ⓘ
precededBy French Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
promulgatedBy Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
providedFor plebiscites ⓘ
restrictedRoleOf parliament ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
strengthenedRoleOf executive branch ⓘ
subjectMatter organization of public powers ⓘ
relations between Emperor and legislature ⓘ
rights and duties of citizens ⓘ
territorialScope French colonial empire ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
tookEffectOn 1852-01-14 ⓘ
typeOfState unitary state ⓘ

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Second French Empire → constitutionalInstrument → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
subject linked to: Second Empire of France
Constitution of 4 November 1848 → precedes → Constitution of 14 January 1852 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1852
Empereur des Français → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
Senate of the Second Empire → legalBasis → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
Sénat (Second French Empire) → constitutionalInstrument → Constitution of 14 January 1852 ⓘ
subject linked to: Sénat
linked to: Constitution of 1852
French Constitution of 1848 → followedBy → French Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1852
Constitution of 1864 → follows → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
Constitution of 1864 → replaces → Constitution of 1852 ⓘ