French Constitution of 1802

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French constitutional law constitution legal document

The French Constitution of 1802 was the Napoleonic-era charter that consolidated Napoleon Bonaparte’s authoritarian rule by reshaping the institutions of the French Consulate and weakening republican checks on executive power.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Constitution of the Year XII	2
Constitution of Year VIII	1
Constitution of the Year VIII	1
French Constitution of 1804	1
French constitutional referendum of 1800	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French constitutional law ⓘ constitution ⓘ legal document ⓘ
aimedAt	consolidation of Napoleonic rule ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dateAdopted	1802 ⓘ
era	Napoleonic era ⓘ
followedBy	Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ French Constitution of 1802 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Constitution of 1804
follows	Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ surface form: French Constitution of 1799
governmentForm	authoritarian consulate ⓘ
headOfStateDefined	First Consul of France ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-French Revolution ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional law ⓘ public law ⓘ
legalStatus	fundamental law of France ⓘ
mainBeneficiary	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
politicalOrientation	Bonapartist ⓘ authoritarian ⓘ
politicalSystem	French Consulate ⓘ
precededBy	Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
reducedChecksOn	executive power ⓘ
relatedTo	French Consulate ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic regime
reshapedInstitution	French Consulate ⓘ
strengthenedPositionOf	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
subjectOf	French constitutional history ⓘ
territorialExtent	French Republic ⓘ
typeOfChange	constitutional revision ⓘ
weakenedInstitution	legislative power ⓘ republican checks and balances ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Consul for Life → constitutionalBasis → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

French Consulate → establishedBy → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the Year VIII

Constitution of the Year X → followedBy → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the Year XII

French Constitution of 1802 → followedBy → French Constitution of 1802 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Constitution of 1804

Coup of 18 Brumaire → legalInstrument → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Year VIII

French plebiscite of 1802 → precededBy → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

this entity surface form: French constitutional referendum of 1800

Constitution of the Year X → relatedDocument → French Constitution of 1802 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the Year XII