Constitution of the French Republic 1958

Constitution of the French Republic 1958
Author: Rpublique Franaise
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-07-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781973722434

The Fifth Republic, France's current republican system of government, was established by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the Fourth Republic, replacing the former parliamentary republic with a semi-presidential, or dual-executive, system that split powers between a prime minister as head of government and a president as head of state. De Gaulle, who was the first president elected under the Fifth Republic in December 1958, believed in a strong head of state, which he described as embodying l'esprit de la nation ("the spirit of the nation").

The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law

The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
Author: Roger Masterman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 653
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107167817

Comparing constitutions allows us to consider the similarities and differences in forms of government as well as the normative philosophies behind constitutional choices. The objective behind this Companion is to present the reader with a succinct yet wide-ranging companion to a modern comparative constitutional law course.