Benjamin Constant and the “Acte Additionnel” of the Constitutions of the Empire, 22 april 1815

Authors

  • Alain Laquièze Universidad de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i4.197

Keywords:

Benjamin Constant, Napoleon, Imperial Constitutions, France, legitimacy

Abstract

This paper studies the fundamental contribution of Benjamin Constant to the “Acte Additionnel” of the Constitutions of the Empire, passed on 22nd April 1815, and the discussion about the legitimacy of power and its constitutional reception.

Submission date: 14/01/2003
Acceptance date: 27/03/2003

Author Biography

Alain Laquièze, Universidad de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III

Nacido en 1965, es Professeur de Droit Public en la Université d'Angers y Maître de conférences à l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po). Recientemente ha publicado: Les origines du régime parlementaire en France (1814-1848), PUF, coll. Léviathan, 2002 ; "Le contrôle de constitutionnalité des lois vu par les penseurs libéraux au XIXème siècle", Giornale di Storia costituzionale, 2002, n° 4, pp. 155-171.

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Issue

No. 4 (2003): Historia Constitucional N. 4 (2003)

Section

Europe

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