TY - BOOK AU - Boyron,Sophie TI - The constitution of France: a contextual analysis SN - 9781841137353 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford : PB - Hart, KW - Constitutional law KW - France N1 - 1 French Constitutional History: A Difficult Coming of Age -- The Constitutional Big-Bang': The Revolution of 1789 -- The Difficult Implementation of Constitutionalism -- Understanding French Constitutional History -- Conclusion: The Merger of Constitutional Traditions? -- 2 In Search of the Constitutional Fundamentals -- The Legitimacy of the 1958 Constitution -- The Integrity of the 1958 Constitution -- The Efficiency of the 1958 Constitution: The Political System -- Conclusion: Something Old, Something New -- 3 The Primacy of the Executive -- The Origins - The Search for a Strong Executive -- The President of the Republic: From Strength to Strength -- A Contested Bicephalous Executive -- The Difficult Accountability of the Executive -- Conclusion -- 4 Towards a Renewal of the Parliament -- A Return to Institutional Autonomy? -- The Constitutional Status of Members of Parliament -- Parliament's Work: A Great Improvement -- Conclusion: Further Reform? -- 5 The Rise of Judicial Power -- The Search for Judicial Independence -- The Rise of the Conseil constitutionnel -- Towards a Judicial Power? -- Conclusion -- 6 The Constitution and its People -- The French People and the Constitution -- The Sovereign Expression of the French People -- A Culture of Rights Protection -- Conclusion: A 'New' Citizen? -- 7 From Centralised Unity to Multilevel Constitutionalism -- The Rise of Territorial Government -- Keeping a Check on the European Union -- Conclusion -- 8 The Dynamics of Constitutional Change -- The Amendment Procedure: A Question of Choice? -- The Dynamics of Constitutional Change -- The Trends for Constitutional Reform -- Conclusion -- Index ER -