French Third Republic constitution
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The French Third Republic constitution was the set of fundamental laws established in the 1870s that created a parliamentary republican system in France, characterized by a strong legislature and relatively weak executive, which became a model for several later European constitutions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitution
ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ |
| allowedPresidentialReelection | true ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Constitutional Laws of 1875 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | French Third Republic ⓘ |
| cabinetResponsibility |
politically responsible to Chamber of Deputies
ⓘ
politically responsible to Parliament ⓘ |
| characteristic |
strong legislature
ⓘ
weak executive ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Constitutional Laws of 1875
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitutional Law of 16 July 1875 on the Relations of Public Powers
Constitutional Law of 24 February 1875 on the Organization of the Senate ⓘ Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers ⓘ |
| continuityWith | French constitutional traditions of 19th century ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| createdLegislativeBody |
Chamber of Deputies
ⓘ
National Assembly (joint session of both chambers) ⓘ Senate ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
National Assembly of the early Third Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
French National Assembly elected in 1871
|
| endTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| establishedOffice |
Chamber of Deputies
ⓘ
Council of Ministers ⓘ President of the Republic ⓘ Senate ⓘ |
| executiveSelectionMethod | President elected by National Assembly ⓘ |
| formOfGovernmentEstablished | parliamentary republic ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentRole |
President of the Council of Ministers
ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Council (Prime Minister)
|
| headOfStateRole | President of the Republic ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
fall of the Second French Empire
ⓘ
post-Franco-Prussian War settlement ⓘ |
| ideology | republicanism ⓘ |
| inception | 1875 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fourth French Republic constitution
ⓘ
Weimar Constitution ⓘ interwar European parliamentary constitutions ⓘ |
| inForceDuring | French Third Republic ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | series of constitutional laws rather than a single written charter ⓘ |
| legalStatus | supreme law of the French Third Republic ⓘ |
| legislatureStructure | bicameral legislature ⓘ |
| locationOfAdoption | Versailles ⓘ |
| providedFor |
dissolution of Chamber of Deputies under certain conditions
ⓘ
joint session of both chambers as National Assembly for constitutional matters ⓘ ministerial countersignature of presidential acts ⓘ parliamentary responsibility of ministers ⓘ |
| ratifiedInYear | 1875 ⓘ |
| replaced | constitutional framework of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| replacedBy | constitutional acts of the Vichy regime ⓘ |
| startTime | 1875 ⓘ |
| termLengthOfPresident | 7 years ⓘ |
| typeOfSystem | parliamentary system with legislative supremacy ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
President of the Council of Ministers (France)
this entity surface form:
Constitution of the French Third Republic
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French Constitutional Laws of 1875
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French Constitutional Laws of 1875
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Constitution of the Third French Republic
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French Third Republic constitutional laws