Constitution of the Year VIII

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French constitution constitution fundamental law

The Constitution of the Year VIII was the French fundamental law adopted in 1799 that established the Consulate regime and enabled Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power as First Consul.

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Constitution of the Year VIII canonical 32
French Constitution of 1799 2
Constitution of the Year VIII in its essential provisions 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French constitution ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1799 ⓘ
adoptedOnDate 24 December 1799 ⓘ
aimedTo stabilize France after the Revolution ⓘ
approvedBy plebiscite ⓘ
branchAffected executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
calendarReference French Republican Calendar ⓘ
cameIntoForceInYear 1799 ⓘ
classifiedAs authoritarian constitution ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdOffice First Consul of France ⓘ
surface form: First Consul
enabledRiseOf Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
followedBy Constitution of the Year X ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
governmentTypeEstablished authoritarian consulate ⓘ
headOfStateTitleCreated First Consul of France ⓘ
surface form: First Consul
historicalContext French Revolution ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Consulate ⓘ
keyFigureInDrafting Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalBasisFor Napoleon’s rule as First Consul ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legislativeBodiesCreated Corps législatif ⓘ
Council of State ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
Tribunate ⓘ
limited political liberties ⓘ
locationOfAdoption Paris ⓘ
mainBeneficiary Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
numberOfConsuls 3 ⓘ
plebisciteHeldInYear 1800 ⓘ
politicalRegimeEstablished Consulate ⓘ
principalExecutivePowerVestedIn First Consul of France ⓘ
surface form: First Consul
providedFor census suffrage ⓘ
reducedRoleOf legislative power ⓘ
relatedEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
replaced French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of 1795
resultOf Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
strengthenedRoleOf executive power ⓘ
supersededBy Constitution of the Year X ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
territorialScope French Republic ⓘ
yearInFrenchRepublicanCalendar Year VIII ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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French Consulate → legalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French Constitution of 1795 → repealedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French Constitution of 1795 → followedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Constitution of 1799
Constitution of the Year X → follows → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year X → precededBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French Constitution of 1802 → follows → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French Constitution of 1802 → precededBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French Constitution of 1802 → follows → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Constitution of 1799
French First Republic → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Corps législatif of France → createdBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Corps législatif of France → legalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
French plebiscite of 1802 → previousConstitution → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Third Consul → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Third Consul → appointedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutional process of the Year VIII
Third Consul → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Tribunate → partOf → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Tribunate → createdBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Sénat conservateur → createdBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire → relatedTo → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
First Consul of France → appointedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
First Consul of France → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Consuls of France → legislativeContext → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Consuls of France → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Consulate → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Corps législatif → createdBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Corps législatif → legalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII → precededBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII → amended → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 → replaced → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Year VIII in its essential provisions
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 → amended → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Council of State → legalBasis → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (Napoleonic France)
Napoleonic institutions → hasPart → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou → notableWork → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Senate → establishedBy → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate (Napoleonic France)
Senate → describedBySource → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate (Napoleonic France)
Grand Elector → partOf → Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ