L’ article 16 et les antagonismes constitutionnels issus de la Révolution

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Pubblicato

2026-01-13

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63277/gsc.v28i.4846

Autori

  • François Saint-Bonnet Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)

Parole chiave:

président de la République, article 16, état d’exception, décisionnisme, Conseil constitutionnel

Abstract

Article 16 of the 1958 French Constitution is in contradiction with the revolutionary and republican tradition of distrust towards the executive power, which is suspected of wanting to use emergency powers for a lasting change of the institutions in an authoritarian way. This suspicion which is main- tained by the Left has weakened since the two consecutive mandates of François Mitterrand who has been able to take advantage of the presence of this article. The control of the emergency power’s period of application in favour of the Constitutional Council, introduced in 2008, should not reassure those who consider that the guarantees are inadequate.

Biografia autore

François Saint-Bonnet, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)

Professeur d’histoire du droit.