Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic
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Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic is the provision that establishes the principle of national sovereignty in France, stating that it belongs to the people who exercise it through their representatives and by means of referendums.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
article of the Constitution of France
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constitutional provision ⓘ |
| aimsTo | ensure that public authority derives from the people ⓘ |
| appliesTo | French people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTitle | Title I of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
all public authorities in France
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executive of France ⓘ judiciary of France NERFINISHED ⓘ legislature of France ⓘ |
| constitutionalOrder | Fifth French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalPrincipleType |
democratic principle
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principle of sovereignty ⓘ |
| constitutionalRank | fundamental principle of the French Republic ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| defines | national sovereignty belongs to the people ⓘ |
| establishes |
principle of national sovereignty in France
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principle of popular sovereignty in France ⓘ |
| governs | modes of exercise of national sovereignty ⓘ |
| guarantees | that sovereignty cannot belong to any individual or part of the people alone ⓘ |
| hierarchicalPosition | constitutional norm superior to ordinary statutes ⓘ |
| influences |
French electoral law
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French referendum law ⓘ interpretation of democratic principles by the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ |
| inForceSince | 1958 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalForce | supreme law within French legal order ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding constitutional rule ⓘ |
| legalSystem | French constitutional law ⓘ |
| modeOfExerciseOfSovereignty |
referendum
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representative system ⓘ |
| partOf | Constitution of the French Fifth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects | collective right of the people to determine political institutions ⓘ |
| provides |
the people exercise sovereignty by means of referendum
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the people exercise sovereignty through their representatives ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
French republican principles
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democratic legitimacy ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ universal suffrage ⓘ |
| states | national sovereignty belongs to the people ⓘ |
| subject |
exercise of sovereignty
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national sovereignty ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ referendum ⓘ representative democracy ⓘ |
| theme |
democratic foundations of the French state
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organization of public powers ⓘ |
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Article 2 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic
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Article 3 of the French Constitution of the Fifth Republic
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