Question

Explain any five features of French constitution drafted in 1791

Answer 1

In 1958, France witnessed a grave and very critical situation. On June 1st 1958, the Fourth Republic came to an end. The National Assembly handed over its law-making power to Gen. De Gaulle and adjourned. Constitution making was one of the functions that had been assigned to De Gaulle's Government by the French Parliament. A small cabinet committee was formed to draft a constitution, which it prepared within two months. The draft was considered by a Consultative Committee consisting of 39 members. The committee approved the text of the new constitution. It was submitted to the people for their approval at a referendum held on September 29th 1958, which was ratified by an overwhelming majority and became operative with effect from October 4th, 1958 and that was the end of 4th Republic and beginning of, 5th Republic.  Following are the main features of French constitution of 1958

A Written Constitution

The Constitution of the Fifth Republic is a written document, consisting of 92 Article's divided into 15 titles and extended to some 15 printed pages. As a document, it is not a well written. It is as one French writer Rene Capital says, “The worst drafted text in our constitutional history”. It is so partly because it was drafted in a hurry under conditions of national emergency and also because it was drafted under Gen. de Gaulle's inspiration, who had no clear notion of good government except that it must be strong and authoritarian.

Answer 2

The main object of the constitution was to limit the powers of the monarch. The main features are,
1.People who got the position of active citizens can vote.Remaining are passive citizens.
2.It abolished the feudal system of taxes
3.Womens were not given voting rights
4.They were got their basic fundamental rights.
5.The society is not divided into three estates.