Monday, 5 October 2009
French Constitution
The constitution I looked at was the French one. Some direct relations to the Constitution of France and the Enlightenment are that it says that citizens have the right to property which links to John Locke saying people have the rights to life, liberty, and property. Also it says the government can't make actions that take away these rights. I noticed that alot of the thing in the Americamn Constitution are the same in the French one. Such as the right to bear arms and the elections of the government.
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I liked this post. I noticed that a lot of people noticed the same things in the constitutions they researched. Most of them said that people had right to life, liberty, and property, although not necessarily in those words or in that order.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting to note that shortly after this constitution was made, replacing a monarchy, France soon became war-torn and ruled by an emperor. France has since gone through multiple government types, and currently sticks with a republic, but with a socialist system. Any thoughts on their many changes?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this post, because I looked at the American Constitution and I agree that it is very similar to the French. It seems like they have basically the same concept in a lot of their laws there.
ReplyDeleteGood article Matt Brown. It's funny how our two constitutions are so similar yet our countries are so different, our country was a huge power back in the atomic era and the French came to power during the colonial times. What do you think is the main reason for this?
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