La Pepa

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La Pepa is the popular name for Spain’s liberal Cádiz Constitution of 1812, one of the earliest constitutions in Europe and a landmark in Spanish constitutional history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
historical document
alsoKnownAs Cádiz Constitution of 1812
Cádiz Constitution of 1812
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1812
appliesToTerritory Spain
Spanish Empire
country Spain
dateAdopted 1812-03-19
draftedDuring French occupation of much of Spain
governmentFormEstablished constitutional monarchy
granted political representation to Spanish America
hasSection declaration of rights
electoral system
local administration
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
influenced later Spanish constitutions
liberal movements in Spanish America
inForceFrom 1812
isConsidered landmark in Spanish constitutional history
one of the earliest constitutions in Europe
language Spanish
legalStatus constitution
legalSystem civil law tradition
locationDrafted Cadiz
surface form: Cádiz
namedAfter Saint Joseph's Day
officialName Cádiz Constitution of 1812
surface form: Constitución de Cádiz de 1812
politicalOrientation liberal
principle individual rights
national sovereignty
representative government
separation of powers
promulgatedBy Cortes of Cádiz
religionDeclared Roman Catholicism
repealedIn 1823
restoredIn 1820
restricted powers of the monarchy
subjectMatter citizenship
civil liberties
executive power
judicial power
legislative power
organization of the state
suspendedIn 1814
symbolOf Spanish liberalism
resistance to absolutism
typeOfDocument written constitution

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