jack555
10-14-2009, 12:13 AM
The preamble in their constitution refers to
"In 1971, a landmark decision by the Constitutional Council (71-44DC[2]) cited the preamble of the Constitution and its references to the principles laid in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as a reason for rejecting a law that, according to the Council, violated one of these principles. Since then, it is assumed that the "constitutional block" includes not only the Constitution, but also the other texts referred to in its preamble: the Declaration, but also the preamble of the 1946 Constitution (which adds a number of "social rights", as well as the equality of males and females) and the Environment Charter of 2004.
Since then, the possibility of sending laws before the Council has been extended. In practice, the political opposition sends all controversial laws before it."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citize n
http://www.mapsofworld.com/france/politics/french-constitution.html
Or were they screwed even worse than us? Our they the only other country that has a political history of natural rights and such? Thanks
"In 1971, a landmark decision by the Constitutional Council (71-44DC[2]) cited the preamble of the Constitution and its references to the principles laid in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as a reason for rejecting a law that, according to the Council, violated one of these principles. Since then, it is assumed that the "constitutional block" includes not only the Constitution, but also the other texts referred to in its preamble: the Declaration, but also the preamble of the 1946 Constitution (which adds a number of "social rights", as well as the equality of males and females) and the Environment Charter of 2004.
Since then, the possibility of sending laws before the Council has been extended. In practice, the political opposition sends all controversial laws before it."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citize n
http://www.mapsofworld.com/france/politics/french-constitution.html
Or were they screwed even worse than us? Our they the only other country that has a political history of natural rights and such? Thanks