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The Sovereign Council of New France (French: Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France, pronounced [kɔ̃sɛj suvʁɛ̃ də la nuvɛl fʁɑ̃s]), or simply Sovereign Council (French: Conseil souverain), was a governing body in New France. It served as both Supreme Court for the colony of New France, as well as a policy-making body, though this ...
The Constitutional Council (French: Conseil constitutionnel; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sɛj kɔ̃stitysjɔnɛl]) is the highest constitutional authority in France.It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld.
The Palais-Royal in Paris, home of the Conseil d'État. The Council of State originates from the 13th century, by which time the King's Court (Curia regis) had split into three sections, one of which was the King's Council (Curia in consilium, later Conseil du roi), which too broke up into three distinct parts: the Conseil secret 'Privy Council', the Conseil privé 'Private Council', and ...
The Lodge Reservations, written by United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican Majority Leader and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, were fourteen [1] reservations to the Treaty of Versailles and other proposed post-war agreements.
The Palais Bourbon (pronounced [pa.lɛ buʁ.bɔ̃]) is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French Parliament.It is in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the Rive Gauche of the Seine across from the Place de la Concorde.
The organism was founded in 1906 as the Conseil supérieur de la défense nationale ("High Council of National Defence" or CSDN); it was later known as the Comité de défense nationale ("Committee for National Defence") then became the (Secrétariat général de la défense nationale or SGDN) "General secretary for national defence" in 1962.
The Council of the Republic (French: Conseil de la République, [kɔ̃sɛj d(ə) la ʁepyblik]) was the upper house of the French Parliament under the Fourth Republic, with the National Assembly being the lower house. It was established by the Constitution of 1946, dissolved by the Constitution of 1958 and replaced with the current-day Senate.
Pierre Mazeaud (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ mazo]; born 24 August 1929) is a French jurist, politician and alpinist.. In February 2004, [1] he was appointed president of the Constitutional Council of France by President of France Jacques Chirac, replacing Yves Guéna, until he was succeeded by Jean-Louis Debré in February 2007.