French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions

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The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions were a succession of foundational legal charters that reshaped France’s political order from monarchy to republic to empire between 1789 and 1815, defining the structures of power under revolutionary and Napoleonic rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional framework ⓘ
historical legal document corpus ⓘ
aimedTo abolish feudal privileges ⓘ
centralize state power ⓘ
redefine sovereignty ⓘ
appliesToPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ
country France ⓘ
definesBranchOfGovernment executive ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
definesElectoralSystem census suffrage ⓘ
indirect elections ⓘ
universal male suffrage (theoretical) ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment First French Empire ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
consulate ⓘ
republic ⓘ
definesInstitution Conseil d'État ⓘ
Conseil des Anciens ⓘ
Conseil des Cinq-Cents ⓘ
Convention nationale ⓘ
linked to: National Convention

Corps législatif ⓘ
Council of Ministers ⓘ
Emperor of the French ⓘ
First Consul ⓘ
Legislative Assembly ⓘ
National Assembly ⓘ
Sénat conservateur ⓘ
Tribunat ⓘ
linked to: Tribunate
definesPrinciple national sovereignty ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
definesRights civil rights ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
endTime 1815 ⓘ
hasPart Charter of 1814 ⓘ
Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
Constitution of 1795 ⓘ
Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year X ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
influenced liberal constitutional movements in the 19th century ⓘ
modern constitutionalism in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of France (at their respective times) ⓘ
preceded French constitutional charters of the Restoration ⓘ
replaced Ancien Régime absolute monarchy ⓘ
startTime 1789 ⓘ

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Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 → constitutionalContext → French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions ⓘ
Grand Elector → partOf → Napoleonic constitutional system ⓘ
linked to: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions