1st Edition
Dynamics in the French Constitution Decoding French Republican Ideas
By David Marrani
Copyright 2013
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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The promulgation of the Fifth French Republic Constitution in 1958 marked the end of a complex constitutional history that has since 1789 seen more than twenty constitutions and five Republics. Lasting now for more than fifty years, the Fifth Republic Constitution has proven to be the right settlement for the French people; a consensual text.
However, while offering the appearance of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Nature and Evolution of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic, Reflections on Semi-presidentialism 3. The Greening of the French Republic, the Constitutionalisation of the Environment 4. Human Rights (in practice) and the French Republic: the example of exclusion 5. The French Republic and its supranational offspring. The love-hate relationship of France and European law 6. Principle of indivisibility of the French Republic and the People’s Right to Self-Determination: The ‘New Caledonia Test’ 7. The French Republic, its Language and the Paradigm of Unity 8. Conclusion
Biography
David Marrani is Director of Studies at the Institute of Law, Jersey.
