French Constitution of 1848

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The French Constitution of 1848 was the republican fundamental law that established the Second French Republic, introducing universal male suffrage and a presidential system following the 1848 Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedAfter French Revolution of 1848 ⓘ
aimedTo consolidate the republican regime ⓘ
expand political participation ⓘ
prevent a return to monarchy ⓘ
branchStructure separation of powers ⓘ
containsPrinciple abolition of privileges ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ
equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
representative government ⓘ
responsibility of public officials ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
containsProvision independence of the judiciary ⓘ
protection of individual liberties ⓘ
rights of workers to association ⓘ
single-term presidency ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
universal direct suffrage for legislative elections ⓘ
country France ⓘ
established Second French Republic ⓘ
establishedFormOfState republic ⓘ
establishedHeadOfStateOffice President of the French Republic ⓘ
followedBy French Constitution of 1852 ⓘ
authoritarian Bonapartist regime ⓘ
governmentForm republic ⓘ
headOfStateSelectionMethod direct popular election ⓘ
historicalContext Revolutions of 1848 in Europe ⓘ
linked to: 1848 revolutions
inForceDuring Second French Republic ⓘ
inForceFromYear 1848 ⓘ
inForceUntilYear 1852 ⓘ
introduced universal male suffrage ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the Second Republic ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legislativeBodyCreated National Assembly ⓘ
politicalSystemIntroduced presidential system ⓘ
precededBy Charter of 1830 ⓘ
replaced constitutional framework of the July Monarchy ⓘ
subjectOf French constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
historical studies of the Second Republic ⓘ
suffrageRestriction male citizens only ⓘ
suffrageType universal male suffrage ⓘ

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French Charter of 1830 → precedes → French Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
Constitution of 1852 → precededBy → French Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
coup d’état of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte → relatedTo → Constitution of 1848 (France) ⓘ
linked to: French Constitution of 1848
Constitution of the Roman Republic (1849) → influencedBy → French Constitution of 1848 ⓘ