Albertine Statute

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The Albertine Statute was the 1848 constitutional charter of the Kingdom of Sardinia that later became the foundational constitution of the Kingdom of Italy until the mid-20th century.

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Albertine Statute canonical 9
Albertine Statute of 1848 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
constitutional charter
appliedIn Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Sardinia
constitutionalPrinciple House of Savoy
surface form: hereditary monarchy of the House of Savoy

ministerial responsibility to the King
separation of powers (formally)
country Kingdom of Sardinia
dateAdopted 1848-03-04
enteredIntoForceIn Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848
extendedTo Kingdom of Italy
surface form: Kingdom of Italy in 1861
follows Revolutions of 1848 in Italy
absolutist monarchy of the House of Savoy
governmentFormEstablished constitutional monarchy
grantedBy Charles Albert of Savoy
surface form: Charles Albert of Sardinia
guaranteedRight equality before the law (for citizens)
freedom of the press (with limitations)
inviolability of private property
headOfStateTitle King of Italy
King of Sardinia
historicalPeriod Italian unification era
influenced Italian liberal state (1861–1922)
legal framework of the Kingdom of Italy
influencedBy French Charter of 1830
surface form: French constitutional charters of 1814 and 1830

liberal constitutionalism of 19th-century Europe
inForceUntil 1948-01-01
legalStatus fundamental law
octroyed constitution
legislatureType bicameral parliament
limitedRight freedom of assembly
freedom of association
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies
namedAfter Charles Albert of Savoy
surface form: Charles Albert of Sardinia
originalLanguage Italian
placeOfPromulgation Turin
promulgatedBy Charles Albert of Savoy
surface form: Charles Albert of Sardinia
recognizedReligion Roman Catholicism as state religion
region Kingdom of Sardinia
surface form: Piedmont-Sardinia
repealedBy Constitution of Italy
surface form: Constitution of the Italian Republic
retainedPowerForMonarch command of the armed forces
executive power
right to appoint senators
right to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies
right to issue royal decrees
servedAs first constitution of the Kingdom of Italy
shortName Statuto Albertino
suffrageType limited male suffrage
upperHouse Senate of the Kingdom
yearAdopted 1848

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