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Sophie Boyron, The Constitution of France: A Contextual Analysis
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Date Issued
2014
Date Available
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Abstract
The Constitution of France is a welcome addition to the Hart Series on Constitutional Systems of the World. The Series provides up-to-date introductions to the major constitutional systems describing not only the current constitutional rules and
structures, but also setting them in their historical and cultural context. This book is
written by one of the leading experts in French constitutional law who draws on her
line of substantial publications in the area. Boyron offers timely analysis on the
seemingly ever sui generis French constitutional system which has undergone
significant transformations in the last few years. The object of the book is the current
Constitution enacted in 1958 ‘portrayed by [Boyron] as an innovative hybrid
construct whose arrival brought the constitutional stability that had eluded France for
centuries’. Two main leads are developed in this regard – one explaining what the
current Constitution has achieved in the context of the overall French constitutional
history, and the other explaining what the Constitution has achieved in terms of its
own existence since 1958, with the significance of the 2008 constitutional reform
emphasised throughout.
Type of Material
Review
Publisher
University College Dublin, School of Law
Journal
Irish Jurist
Volume
51
Issue
2014
Start Page
206
End Page
208
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Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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