French constitutional bloc

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The French constitutional bloc is the set of constitutional norms and texts, including the 1958 Constitution and key rights documents, that form the supreme legal framework guiding and constraining all French public law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional doctrine
source of law
aimsTo ensure rule of law in France
organize public powers
protect fundamental rights
appliesTo French public law
constrains administrative authorities in France
executive power in France
judicial authorities in France
legislative power in France
containsNormType environmental rights and duties
institutional rules
principles of equality before the law
principles of national sovereignty
principles of separation of powers
rights and freedoms
social and economic rights
country France
developedBy French constitutional case law
enforcedBy Constitutional Council decisions
ordinary courts applying constitutional norms
firstClearlyRecognizedInDecision Constitutional Council decision 71-44 DC
Liberté d’association decision
firstClearlyRecognizedInDecisionYear 1971
hasComponentCategory constitutional objectives
unwritten constitutional principles
written constitutional texts
hasLegalStatus supreme norm
hierarchicalPosition top of French legal order
includesText Charter for the Environment of 2004
Constitution of 4 October 1958
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789

Preamble of the Constitution of 27 October 1946
fundamental principles recognized by the laws of the Republic
objectives of constitutional value
principles of constitutional value
language French
legalEffect basis for constitutional review of legislation
basis for priority preliminary rulings on constitutionality (QPC)
supremacy over statutes
recognizedBy Conseil d'État, Paris
surface form: Conseil d’État

Constitutional Council of France
court of cassation
surface form: Court of Cassation (France)
relatedConcept bloc de conventionnalité
constitutional review in France
hierarchy of norms
usedFor control of administrative acts by administrative courts
interpretation of statutes by French courts
judicial review of statutes by the Constitutional Council

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French public law basedOn French constitutional bloc