Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)

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The Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815) was a liberal charter granted by Tsar Alexander I that established a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament and extensive civil liberties in the semi-autonomous Congress Poland under Russian rule.

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instanceOf constitution
fundamental law
legal document
adoptedFollowing Congress of Vienna
allowed censorship in practice despite formal press freedom
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
surface form: Constitution of Congress Poland

Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
surface form: Polish Constitution of 1815
cameIntoForce 1815
characterizedAs relatively liberal for its time
country Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
surface form: Kingdom of Poland
createdLowerHouse Sejm
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Poland
createdUpperHouse Senate of Poland
surface form: Senate of the Kingdom of Poland
dateAdopted 1815-11-27
deFactoSuspendedAfter November Uprising
deFactoSuspensionYear 1831
definedRelationshipAs semi-autonomous state under Russian rule
establishedLegislatureName Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
surface form: Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland
establishedLegislatureType bicameral parliament
formallyReplacedBy Organic Statute of the Kingdom of Poland
grantedBy Alexander I of Russia
King of Poland
Tsar of Russia
guaranteedRight equality before the law for nobles and townspeople
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
inviolability of property
personal liberty
headOfState King of Poland
historicalPeriod Congress Poland
inspiredBy Napoleonic constitutional models
liberal ideas of the early 19th century
languageOfLaw Polish
legalBasisFor political system of Congress Poland
limitedPowerOf Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland
limitedRight political rights of peasants
oftenViolatedBy Russian authorities
personalUnionWith Russian Empire
placeOfAdoption Warsaw
politicalSystemEstablished constitutional monarchy
providedFor Council of State of the Kingdom of Poland
surface form: Administrative Council of the Kingdom of Poland

Council of State of the Kingdom of Poland
separate Polish administration
separate Polish army
separate Polish judiciary
religionRecognizedAsDominant Roman Catholicism
replacementYear 1832
reservedPowerFor monarch
territorialScope Congress Poland

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Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland) constitution Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815) alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
this entity surface form: Constitution of Congress Poland
Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815) alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
this entity surface form: Polish Constitution of 1815
Council of State of the Kingdom of Poland relatedTo Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
Constitution of 1815 alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
Constitution of 1815 alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
this entity surface form: Constitution of Congress Poland
Congress Kingdom constitution Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)
Namiestnik of the Kingdom of Poland legalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)