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France

• Constitutions de la France de 1789 à nos jours
  Constitutional variants reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
  (1789 - present; photo facsimiles)
  

  Les lois constitutionnelles de la période révolutionnaire

  French Constitutional Laws from 1791 to 1795;

  (French transcriptions)
  

  Les textes constitutionnels du Consulat et de l'Empire

  French Constitutional Laws from 1799 to 1815

  (French transcription)
  

  Charte constitutionnelle de la Restauration (4 juin 1814)

  French Constitutional Law of 4 June 1814

  (French transcription)
  

  Charte constitutionnelle de la monarchie de Juillet (14 août 1830)

  French Constitutional Law of 14 August 1830

  (French transcription)
  

  Constitution de la Seconde République (4 novembre 1848)

  French Constitution of 4 November 1848

  (French transcription)
  

  Constitution du Seconde Empire et ses modifications (14 janvier 1852)

  French Constitution of 14 January 1852

  French transcription)
  

  Les lois constitutionnelles de la IIIème République

  French Constitutional Laws of 1875 to 1884

  (French transcriptions)

  Les textes constitutionnels

  French constitutional texts from 1791 to the present

  (French transcriptions)
  

  French Constitution

  (4 October 1958, amendments to 25 June 1992; English translation)

  Guide to Law Online: France

  Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

Belgium

• Belgian Constitution
  (1970 with revisions through 1994; English translation)

  Guide to Law Online: Belgium

  Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

Switzerland

• Constitution fédérale de la Confédération suisse
  Swiss Constitution
  (29 May 1894, amendments through 1999; French transcription)

  Bundesverfassung der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft

  Swiss Constitution

  (29 May 1894, amendments through 1999; German transcription)

  Costituzione federale della Confederazione Svizzera

  Swiss Constitution

  (29 May 1894, amendments through 1999; Italian transcription)

  Swiss Constitution

  Prepared by Prof. Clive Church, University of Kent (UK)

  (18 April 1999; English translation)

  Systematic Collection of Swiss Federal Laws:

  French version

  German version

  Italian version

  Documents of Direct Democracy in Switzerland

  With links to laws and constitutions of the Swiss Cantons.

  Guide to Law Online: Switzerland

  Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

Luxembourg

• Constitution of Luxembourg
  (17 December 1868, with revisions to 12 January 1998; English translation).

  Guide to Law Online: Luxembourg

  Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

Other Francophone Countries

• Lois constitutionnelles de 1867 à 1982 (Canada)
  (French transcriptions, English transcriptions).

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