Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers

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French statute constitutional law foundational law of the French Third Republic

The Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers is a foundational statute of France’s Third Republic that structured the main republican institutions and defined the distribution of powers between them.

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Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French statute ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ foundational law of the French Third Republic ⓘ
abrogated	by the Constitution of 27 October 1946 ⓘ
aimedTo	reconcile monarchist and republican forces in France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Loi constitutionnelle du 25 février 1875 relative à l’organisation des pouvoirs publics NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameIntoForceIn	1875 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
createdBody	National Assembly of the French Third Republic (joint meeting of both chambers for constitutional revision) NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfEnactment	1875-02-25 ⓘ
definedDistributionOfPowersBetween	President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) and Parliament ⓘ executive branch of the French Third Republic ⓘ legislative branch of the French Third Republic ⓘ
definedRoleOf	Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInstitution	Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Constitutional Law of 16 July 1875 on the Relations of the Public Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitutional Law of 24 February 1875 on the Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	parliamentary monarchy models of the 19th century ⓘ
inForceUntil	1946 ⓘ
languageOfDocument	French ⓘ
legalNature	rigid constitution adopted by ordinary legislative procedure but endowed with constitutional rank ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutional norm with higher legal force than ordinary statutes ⓘ
legalSystem	French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Constitutional Laws of 1875 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	French constitutional laws of 1871–1873 NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	collective responsibility of ministers to Parliament ⓘ individual ministerial responsibility ⓘ parliamentary sessions and procedures ⓘ presidential power to appoint ministers ⓘ presidential power to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies with Senate’s consent ⓘ presidential power to promulgate laws ⓘ procedure for constitutional revision by the National Assembly (Chamber of Deputies and Senate meeting together) ⓘ responsible parliamentary government ⓘ rules on countersignature of presidential acts ⓘ rules on incompatibility of ministerial and parliamentary offices ⓘ rules on succession to the presidency ⓘ
subjectMatter	distribution of powers between executive and legislature ⓘ functioning of Parliament under the Third Republic ⓘ organization of public powers in France ⓘ status and powers of ministers ⓘ status and powers of the President of the Republic ⓘ

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Constitutional Laws of 1875 → composedOf → Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers ⓘ

French Third Republic constitution → composedOf → Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers ⓘ