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Preface=xi
Acknowledgments=xiii
Table of Cases=xvii
Chapter One Introduction to the French Constitution of October 4, 1958=3
A. The French Constitution : From 1958-2008=3
B. The French Model=8
C. Thinking about Law in France : Cartesian Rationality and Kelsen's "Pure Theory of Law"=10
D. Comparative Constitutional Law and Its Uses=21
Chapter Two The Fifth Republic : Political Institutions and Separation of Powers=33
A. The Constitutional Structure of Governmental Institutions : Overview and General Principles=35
B. The Executive Power : The President of the Republic and the Government=59
1. The President's Perspective=60
2. The President's Emergency Powers=66
3. The Prime Minister's Perspective=70
4. Cohabitation=70
C. Relations between Government and Parliament : From régime d'assemblée to parlementarisme rationalisé to rééquilibrage et modernisation des institutions=85
1. Responsibility of the Government to the National Assembly=86
2. Role of the Constitutional Council in Supervising Government-Legislative Relations=86
3. The Domain of the Law=90
4. The Legal Nature of Ordinances=100
5. The Legislative Process=107
D. The Judicial Authority : From autorité judiciaire to pouvoir judiciaire=122
E. The Council of State and the Administrative Court System=138
Chapter Three The Constitutional Council=167
A. Background=168
B. Structure and Functions=191
C. Jurisdiction : Constitutional Review of Laws and Other Legal Acts=198
1. Constitutional Amendments=198
2. Referenda=198
3. Advisory Opinions=199
4. Treaties and International Agreements=199
5. European Community Law=200
6. Institutional Acts and Parliamentary Rules=200
7. Ordinary Laws=200
i. Before entry into force=201
ii. After entry into force : referrals from Council of State and Court of Cassation=202
iii. The Question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC) in operation=207
8. Finance Laws and Social Security Financing Laws=207
9. Authorization Laws and Ordinances=207
10. Decrees=208
11. The Defender of Rights (Le Défenseur des droits)=208
D. Sources of Law : le bloc de constitutionnalité=209
1. Textual Sources=209
2. Application by the Constitutional Council=210
i, ii, and iii. The Constitution, Declaration of 1789, and 1946 Preamble=210
iv. Fundamental principles recognized by the laws of the Republic=212
v. Objects, principles, and rules of constitutional status=216
vi. Provisions of treaties and international agreements=218
E. Standards of Review (Manifest Error, Proportionality, Possible Consequences)=224
F. Decisions=227
G. Assessment=228
Chapter Four Republican Principles=253
A. National Sovereignty and Democracy=257
B. Libertés publiques and Human Rights=277
1. Human Dignity=280
2. Individual Liberty (Arrest and Detention, Freedom of Movement, Right of Privacy)=288
3. Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press and Audiovisual Media, Academic Freedom=300
4. Freedom of Assembly and Association=310
5. Economic Freedoms (Protection of Property, Freedom of Enterprise)=311
C. Equality=313
1. General Principles=315
2. Origin, Race, and Religion=317
3. Gender Equality=324
4. Public Employment=329
5. Equality Through the Law (discrimination positive)=333
D. Secularism (la laïcité)=336
E. Indivisibility=359
F. Social Solidarity=376
Chapter Five International and European Law=405
A. International Law=411
B. European Human Rights Law=424
C. European Community Law=443
Appendix A. Constitution of October 4, 1958 (Extracts)=475
Appendix B. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789=503
Appendix C. Preamble to the Constitution of 1946=507
Appendix D. Charter for the Environment of 2004=509
Appendix E. French Regimes and Constitutions Since 1791=511
Appendix F. Amendments to the Constitution of 1958=513
Appendix G. Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Fifth Republic=515
Appendix H. Bibliography of Works in English=517
Appendix I. Bibliography of Works in French=521
2013 Addendum=529
Index=547