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A decree is an order made by a head of state or head of government and having the force of law. The particular term used for this concept may vary from country to country — the Executive order (United States)s made by the president of the United States, for example, are decrees. In non-legal English language usage, however, the term rule by decree refers to any authoritarian decision and in this sense is often derogatory.

Imperial Decree An imperial decree is a decree issued by a sovereign ruler, such as an emperor, monarch, or similarly styled person. Imperial decrees from monarchial times differ from decrees issued by heads of state in modern democracies in that they embodied a force of law that was subject to no limitations either by other branches of government, or through the democratic process.

Russia After the Russian Revolution of 1917, a government proclamation of wide meaning was called a "decree" (Russian: декрет, dekret); more specific proclamations were called ukaz. Both terms are usually translated as 'decree'.

According to the Constitution of Russia, an ukaz is a Presidential decree. Such ukazes have the power of laws, but may not alter the Contitution of Russia or the regulations of existing laws, and may be superseded by laws passed by the Federal Assembly of Russia.The Government of Russia can also issue decrees which will not contradict the constitution/laws or presidential decrees.

France See Politics of France. The word decree (décret) is used as a legal term to describe the most important executive decisions from the President of France or Prime Minister of France. Those decisions must conform to the Constitution of France and statutes of France, and it is possible to sue for their cancellation in the Conseil d'État. They require ratification by the Parliament to be changed into laws. Decree-laws, usually considered an illegal practice under the 3rd and 4th Republic, were finally replaced by the ordinance procedure since the 1958 constitution.

Outside of the exceptional reserve powers of the President (as stated in Art 16 of the 1958 constitution, exercised only once so far), the executive can issue decrees in areas that the Constitution grants to the responsibility of Parliament only if the a law authorizes it to do so. In other cases, the decrees are illegal and will be cancelled by the Conseil d'État, should somebody sue. There exists a procedure for the Prime Minister to issue ordonnances in such areas, but this procedure requires the expressed consent of Parliament (see Art 38 of the 1958 constitution).

Decrees of the Prime Minister are of the two following kinds:

simple decrees (décrets simples);
decrees in the Council of State (décrets en Conseil d'État), when a statute mandates the advisory consultation of the Conseil d'État.

Sometimes, people refer to décrets en Conseil d'État improperly as décrets du Conseil d'État. This would imply that it is the Conseil d'État that takes the decree, whereas the power of decreeing is restricted to the President or Prime Minister; the role of the administrative sections of the Conseil is purely advisory.

Decrees may be classified into:

regulations, which may be:

application decrees (décrets d'application), each of which must be specifically authorized by one or more statutes to determine some implementation conditions of this or these statutes; these constitute secondary legislation and are roughly equivalent to British statutory instruments;
autonomous regulations (règlement autonomes), which may be taken only in areas where the Constitution of France does not impose statute law (passed by the legislative branch); these constitute primary legislation;

particular measures, such as the nomination of high-level French Civil Service.

Only the prime minister may issue regulatory or application decrees. Presidential decrees are generally nominations, or exceptional measures where law mandates a presidential decree, such as the dissolution of the French National Assembly and the calling of new legislative elections.

Decrees are published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française.

Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church uses decrees from the Pope such as a papal Bull, Papal Brief or Motu Proprio as legislative acts.

Other uses of the term In some jurisdictions, certain types of court orders by judges are referred to as decrees.

External links All external sites in French unless otherwise noted.

1946 Constitution of the 4th Republic
1958 Constitution of the 5th Republic

References

See also

Soviet Decrees
Edict
Rescript
Ukase
Proclamation
rule by decree

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