French Constitution of 1802

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The French Constitution of 1802 was the Napoleonic-era charter that consolidated Napoleon Bonaparte’s authoritarian rule by reshaping the institutions of the French Consulate and weakening republican checks on executive power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French constitutional law
constitution
legal document
aimedAt consolidation of Napoleonic rule
country France
dateAdopted 1802
era Napoleonic era
followedBy Constitution of the Year XII
French Constitution of 1804
follows Constitution of the Year VIII
French Constitution of 1799
governmentForm authoritarian consulate
headOfStateDefined First Consul of France
historicalPeriod post-French Revolution
language French
legalDomain constitutional law
public law
legalStatus fundamental law of France
mainBeneficiary Napoleon Bonaparte
politicalOrientation Bonapartist
authoritarian
politicalSystem French Consulate
precededBy Constitution of the Year VIII
reducedChecksOn executive power
relatedTo French Consulate
Napoleonic regime
linked to: First French Empire
reshapedInstitution French Consulate
strengthenedPositionOf Napoleon Bonaparte
subjectOf French constitutional history
territorialExtent French Republic
typeOfChange constitutional revision
weakenedInstitution legislative power
republican checks and balances

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Consul for Life constitutionalBasis French Constitution of 1802
Coup of 18 Brumaire legalInstrument Constitution of Year VIII
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
French Consulate establishedBy Constitution of the Year VIII
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
Constitution of the Year X followedBy Constitution of the Year XII
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
Constitution of the Year X relatedDocument Constitution of the Year XII
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
French Constitution of 1802 followedBy French Constitution of 1804
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
French plebiscite of 1802 precededBy French constitutional referendum of 1800
linked to: French Constitution of 1802
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) establishedByTreatyOrAct Constitution of 1802
linked to: French Constitution of 1802