Tribunate

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institution of the First French Empire legislative assembly

The Tribunate was a legislative assembly in Napoleonic France that debated proposed laws and represented a limited form of popular representation under the Consulate.

Aliases (1)

Tribunat ×1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	institution of the First French Empire → legislative assembly →
appliesToJurisdiction	France →
characteristic	limited independence → subject to executive control →
collaboratedWith	Corps législatif → Council of State →
country	France →
createdBy	Constitution of the Year VIII →
createdUnder	Napoleon Bonaparte →
createdUnderTitle	First Consul →
dissolved	1807 →
dissolvedBy	Napoleon I →
followedBy	more centralized imperial institutions →
function	expression of public opinion within limits set by the regime → public discussion of draft legislation →
governmentForm	Consulate →
hadNoPower	to enact laws directly → to initiate legislation →
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic era →
inception	1799 → Year VIII of the French Revolutionary Calendar →
languageUsed	French →
legalStatus	constitutional body →
legislativePower	debate without voting on laws →
location	Paris →
meetingPlace	Palais-Royal (Paris) →
memberOfCategory	Napoleonic institutions → defunct legislatures →
numberOfChambers	1 →
partOf	Constitution of the Year VIII → Napoleonic political system →
precededBy	Council of Five Hundred → National Convention →
represented	French citizens →
role	debated proposed laws → represented limited popular representation →
selectionMethod	indirect election →
subordinateTo	First Consul → Senate (Conservative Senate) →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Corps législatif of France ("Tribunat") →	coexistsWith
French Consulate →	legislativeBody