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The Constitution of 1958, approved in the constitutional referendum on 28th September 1958, was - from the beginning of its operation - a subject of heated disputes. The controversy related to a particular situation in which its text was prepared, the procedure of its adoption and the nature of the system of government it introduced. The article presents main aspects of the discussions on this subject...
The constitution of the Fifth Republic introduces a new concept of the role of a President of the Republic, whose authority is strengthened as compared to the limitation imposed upon that office by the provisions of Constitutions of the Third and Fourth Republic. Article 5 of the Constitution of 1958 defines, in a general way, the function of the president, making him as a head of state, the guardian...
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