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