Articles > Government magazines > Applied and Social Sciences magazines > Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World entries

Article: 3 May Constitution

Article from:
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
Author:
Copyright

3 MAY CONSTITUTION

3 MAY CONSTITUTION. The first Polish constitution was adopted by the Four-Year Sejm (parliament) on 3 May 1791. It was the first such basic law in written form in Europe and the second in the world after the constitution of the United States (1787). The Constitution of 3 May was drafted at the Four-Year Sejm (1788 – 1792) by reformers led most actively by King Stanis ł aw II August Poniatowski, Hugo Ko ł ł ą taj, and Ignacy Potocki. The constitution was preceded by two acts regarded as integral to it: the Reorganization of the Sejmiki [provincial diets] Act (adopted on 24 March 1791) and the Act on the Status of Towns and Townsmen's Rights ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: The History of a Polish National Holiday: The Third of May
Polish-American Journal;  May 1, 1994 ;     529 words ... ... colleges. In 1788, the Four-Year Sejm began functioning and on May 3, 1791 the Constitution was drafted and passed. The ... commemorates the ratification of the Constitution by the Four-Year Sejm. This Constitution, written by a group of enlightened ...

Article: Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy ...
Shofar;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... chapter entitled "Jews and the Sejm" (that is, the Four-Year Sejm of 1788-1792, which attempted to reform the creaking structure ... Polish society." Anyone interested in any aspect of the Four-Year Sejm (and not just the Jewish question) would do well to read ...

Article: Authorizing subnational constitutions in transitional ...
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... PROVINCIAL CONSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA ... Western Cape Constitution C. Individual ... Provincial Constitutions III. THE CONFLICT ... of the KZN Constitution and the Constitutional ... SUBNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS A. Managing ...

Article: Constitution Revision Commission: planning the ...
Florida Bar Journal;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... This spring, a 37-member Constitution Revision Commission will convene ... purpose of reviewing Florida's Constitution and proposing changes for voter ... XI, [sections] 2 of the Constitution, the commission will meet for ...

Article: Constitution foes fear for France's soul.(elections)
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Vincent's disdain for the new European constitution that he recently uttered words that ... he is worried that the new European constitution will rob France of some vital piece ... draft that is supposed to serve as a constitution for the EU's 25 member states. Thus ...

Article: Constitution Day to get new focus in schools
Norridge News (IL);  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Convention signed the young nation's new Constitution, setting up the government. The U.S. Constitution contains the fundamental laws of the ... or near Sept. 17 -- commemorating Constitution Day. But another federal mandate isn ...

Article: Constitution of 1936
Encyclopedia of Russian History;      700+ words ...CONSTITUTION OF 1936 The Soviet Constitution of 1936, also known as the "Stalin Constitution," was approved by the Eighth Congress of Soviets and became law on December 5, 1936. This Constitution remained in force until 1977 when Leonid Brezhnev ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives