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The current Constitution of France was adopted on October 4, 1958

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It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, and replaced that of the Fourth Republic dating from October 27, 1946. Charles de Gaulle was its main driving force, while the text of the constitution was drafted by Michel Debré

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This Constitution has been amended 18 times, most recently in 2007

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However, Parliament began the process for further amendment on July 21, 2008

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The preamble of the constitution recalls the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen from 1789 and establishes France as a secular and democratic republic, deriving its sovereignty from the people
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Prior to 1971, though executive, administrative and judicial decisions had to comply with the general principles of law (jurisprudence derived from law and the practice of law in general), there were no such restrictions on legislation
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