Part II
Historical Experiences

4. French Constitutional Law  

by Denis Baranger

Constitutional Documents

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  • Declaration of Human and Civic Rights of 26 August 1789
    DECLARATION OF HUMAN AND CIVIC RIGHTS OF 26 AUGUST 1789 The representatives of the French People, formed into a National Assembly, considering ignorance, forgetfulness or contempt of the rights of man to be the only causes of public misfortunes and the corruption of Governments, have resolved to set forth, in a solemn Declaration, the natural,…Declaration of Human and Civic Rights of 26 August 1789
  • French Constitution of 1958
    C O N S T I T U T I O N OF OCTOBER 4, 1958 1 WARNING -------- 1° The versions in italics of articles 11, 56, 61-1, 65, 69, 71-1 and 73 of the Constitution will come into effect in the manner determined by statutes and Institutional Acts necessary for their application by…French Constitution of 1958
  • Preamble to the Constitution of 1946
    PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF 27 OCTOBER 1946 1 Issue 2002 §1 In the morrow of the victory achieved by the free peoples over the regimes that had sought to enslave and degrade humanity, the people of France proclaim anew that each human being, without distinction of race, religion or creed, possesses sacred and inalienable…Preamble to the Constitution of 1946
  • Charter for the Environment 2004
    CHARTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT The French People, Considering that : Natural resources and equilibriums have conditioned the emergence of mankind; The future and very existence of mankind are inextricably linked with its natural environment ; The environment is the common heritage of all mankind ; Mankind exerts ever-increasing influence over the conditions for life and…Charter for the Environment 2004