Dynamics in the French constitution : decoding French republican ideas / David Marrani.
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Author
Title
Dynamics in the French constitution : decoding French republican ideas / David Marrani.
Published
Abingdon, Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.
Call Number
KJV4079 .M37 2013
Former Call Number
Fr 910 M325 2013
ISBN
9780415683715 (hbk.)
0415683718 (hbk.)
9780203798652 (ebk.)
0203798651 (ebk.)
0415683718 (hbk.)
9780203798652 (ebk.)
0203798651 (ebk.)
Description
vi, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)827852525
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
vii
1.
Nature and evolution of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic: reflections on semi-presidentialism
11
1.1.
A semi-presidential Constitution?
11
1.2.
Theoretical framework
12
1.3.
Original institutional arrangement and its evolutions
15
1.4.
`Elasticity' of the Constitution
24
1.5.
Towards a postmodern (or second modern) system of government?
35
2.
The greening of the French Republic: the constitutionalisation of the environment
37
2.1.
A new French bill of (environmental) rights
37
2.2.
The interesting historical development of the Charter
39
2.3.
From an expected impact to multiple impacts on the French legal system
44
2.4.
A `greener' constitutional future
53
Appendix: Article 2 of the Constitutional amendment incorporating the Charter for the Environment into the French Constitution
54
3.
Human rights (in practice) and the French Republic: the example of exclusion
56
3.1.
Preliminary remarks on exclusion
57
3.2.
Human rights in action
61
3.3.
Conclusion
70
4.
The French Republic and its supranational offspring: the love-hate relationship between France and European law
72
4.1.
Introduction
72
4.2.
Position of European law in relation to the French Constitution
75
4.3.
Position of EC/EU law in relation to French statute law
79
4.4.
Recent developments
82
4.5.
Conclusion
84
5.
Principle of indivisibility of the French Republic and the people's right to self-determination: the `New Caledonia test'
87
5.1.
Introduction
87
5.2.
General context
88
5.3.
Administration of New Caledonia before the statute of 1999
90
5.4.
Administration of New Caledonia under the statute of 1999
94
5.5.
Is New Caledonia closer than ever to independence?
100
5.6.
Conclusion
106
6.
The French Republic, its language and the paradigm of unity
108
6.1.
Introduction
108
6.2.
Monolinguism as an aid to the construction of France and the Republic: the myth of one language unifying internal minorities
113
6.3.
From the affirmation of monolinguism to the recognition of pluri-linguism: the reality of pluri-linguistic (internal and external) minorities
118
6.4.
Conclusion
127
Conclusion
129
Notes
133
References
175
Index
190