Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire

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The Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire was a constitutional charter issued by Napoleon during the Hundred Days in 1815 that sought to liberalize and reform the French Empire’s political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French constitutional text
constitutional charter
legal document
aimedTo liberalize the French Empire’s political system
reconcile imperial rule with liberal constitutional principles
secure political support for Napoleon during the Hundred Days
alsoKnownAs Acte additionnel
Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire
appliesTo French citizens
author Benjamin Constant
basedOn Charter of 1814 (as a model for liberal concessions)
linked to: Charter of 1814
cameIntoForce May 1815
ceasedToHaveEffect after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo
confirmed Napoleon I as Emperor of the French
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

many provisions of the earlier imperial constitutions
country French Empire
linked to: First French Empire
dateIssued 22 April 1815
draftedBy Benjamin Constant
established Chamber of Peers
Chamber of Representatives
guaranteed certain civil rights and public freedoms
historicalPeriod First French Empire
Hundred Days (1815)
linked to: Hundred Days
inForceUntil July 1815
language French
legalStatus superseded
limited censorship compared to earlier imperial practice
some powers of the Emperor
locationSigned Paris
partOf French constitutional history
politicalContext Hundred Days
promulgatedBy Napoleon I
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
providedFor elected Chamber of Representatives
hereditary Chamber of Peers
ministerial responsibility to the Chambers in certain cases
ratificationMethod popular plebiscite
ratifiedBy plebiscite of 1815
reforms expansion of civil liberties compared to earlier imperial constitutions
modification of the structure of the Chambers
strengthening of representative institutions
relatedTo Constitution of the Year VIII
Constitution of the Year X
Constitution of the Year XII
resultOf Napoleon’s return from Elba
subject French political institutions
constitutional law
liberalism in Napoleonic France
supersededBy Charter of 1814 (restored after the Second Restoration)
linked to: Charter of 1814

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Hundred Days legalInstrument Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire alsoKnownAs Acte additionnel
linked to: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire alsoKnownAs Additional Act to the Constitutions of the Empire
linked to: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
Les Cent-Jours notableDocument Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire
linked to: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
Chamber of Representatives (France, 1815) createdAsPartOf Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire
subject linked to: Chamber of Representatives
linked to: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
Chamber of Representatives (France, 1815) constitutionalBasis Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l’Empire
subject linked to: Chamber of Representatives
linked to: Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire