French Constitutional Law
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18 HEURES DU LUNDI 23 AU SAMEDI 28
French constitutional law
For your reference, below are the topics that have been covered in the past three years. They serve only as rough guideline, which you can certainly adapt to your own preferences. 1. Origins and Historical Developments of Constitutionalism. Theories of sovereignty 2. Parliamentary Democracy and Separation of Powers 3. Judicial Review and Methods of Constitutional Interpretation 4. Fundamental Rights 5. Central-local Relation, Local Autonomy. Relations with European Union 6. Political Parties and Elections 6 sessions of 3 hours each 1. Origins and Historical Developments of Constitutionalism. a. The concept of a constitution in the 18th century b. The constitution of 1791 i. Separation of powers ii. Theories of sovereignty iii. Representation iv. The problem of the executive v. The judiciary and the duality of court systems vi. The short life of the constitution c. The constitution of 1793 d. The constitution of 1795 2. Parliamentary democracy a. History i. The constitutional monarchy 1814-1848 ii. The third republic : 1875-1939 iii. The fourth republic : 1946-1958 iv. The creation of the fifth republic b. The fifth republic I i. The president ii. The Prime Minister and the other ministers 3. Parliamentary democracy II. The fifth republic II i. Parliament and parties 1. Elections 2. Political parties ii. Two modes of functioning, concordance of majorities and cohabitation iii. The judiciary today 4. Judicial review a. History. i. Why there was no judicial review ii. The Constitutional council in 1958 iii. 1971 iv. 1974 1
v. 1975 and the two judicial reviews vi. 2008 the priority ruling on the issue of constitutionality b. organization and procedures i. organization of the Constitutional council ii. procedure c. the jurisprudence of the Constitutional council i. the sources of constitutional law : the block of constitutionality ii. the Constitutional council’s own jurisdiction 1.
18 HEURES DU LUNDI 23 AU SAMEDI 28
French constitutional law
For your reference, below are the topics that have been covered in the past three years. They serve only as rough guideline, which you can certainly adapt to your own preferences. 1. Origins and Historical Developments of Constitutionalism. Theories of sovereignty 2. Parliamentary Democracy and Separation of Powers 3. Judicial Review and Methods of Constitutional Interpretation 4. Fundamental Rights 5. Central-local Relation, Local Autonomy. Relations with European Union 6. Political Parties and Elections 6 sessions of 3 hours each 1. Origins and Historical Developments of Constitutionalism. a. The concept of a constitution in the 18th century b. The constitution of 1791 i. Separation of powers ii. Theories of sovereignty iii. Representation iv. The problem of the executive v. The judiciary and the duality of court systems vi. The short life of the constitution c. The constitution of 1793 d. The constitution of 1795 2. Parliamentary democracy a. History i. The constitutional monarchy 1814-1848 ii. The third republic : 1875-1939 iii. The fourth republic : 1946-1958 iv. The creation of the fifth republic b. The fifth republic I i. The president ii. The Prime Minister and the other ministers 3. Parliamentary democracy II. The fifth republic II i. Parliament and parties 1. Elections 2. Political parties ii. Two modes of functioning, concordance of majorities and cohabitation iii. The judiciary today 4. Judicial review a. History. i. Why there was no judicial review ii. The Constitutional council in 1958 iii. 1971 iv. 1974 1
v. 1975 and the two judicial reviews vi. 2008 the priority ruling on the issue of constitutionality b. organization and procedures i. organization of the Constitutional council ii. procedure c. the jurisprudence of the Constitutional council i. the sources of constitutional law : the block of constitutionality ii. the Constitutional council’s own jurisdiction 1.