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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Spanish Constitution (1812)

Spain [es]

Gonzalo Villalta Puig

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Article last updated:
June 2016

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024

Subject(s):
Spanish Constitution (1812) — Constitutional design — Principles and objectives of constitutions

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1 The Spanish Constitution of 1812 (Constitución política de la Monarquía Española): 19 March 1812 (Spain) was Spain’s first constitution. A liberal constitution, it drew inspiration from the constitutional texts of the American Revolution and French Revolution. The Spanish Constitution of 1812, in turn, inspired other liberal constitutions of the period, including the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway: 17 May 1814 (Nor), the Portuguese Constitution of 1822: 23 September 1822 (Port) and the Mexican Constitution of 1824: 4 October 1824 (Mex). It was promulgated...
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