The Constitution of Cádiz

Authors

  • Angelo Grimaldi Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/80m16003

Keywords:

formal “Spanish guise” of the Constitution, plurality of systems traced back to unity, Constitution as unifying reference point, Compromise-Constitution

Abstract

lthough the Constitution of Cadiz has failed to eliminate the plurality of jurisdictions stemming from the old regime and, at the same time, brought out pre-existing intermediate bodies, which overlapped the abstract concept of "nation", the Spanish text of 1812 qualified Spain as a liberal state. The pre-existing social structures and institutions, which formally attributed a "Spanish guise" to the Constitution, would not have told, in constitutional practice, a different story than the French one, where the decisive and formal
separation of powers slid towards a parliamentary regime in which the Assembly (...)

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Published

2026-04-21

Issue

Vol. 160 (2023): Quarterly (January-April)

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How to Cite

The Constitution of Cádiz. (2026). Revista De Ciencias Jurídicas, 160(160), 1-39. https://doi.org/10.15517/80m16003