Decree on freedom of the press (1810)

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Spanish historical document legal decree press law

The Decree on freedom of the press (1810) was a landmark liberal measure issued by the Cortes of Cádiz that abolished prior censorship and established broad guarantees for press freedom in early 19th-century Spain.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Decree on freedom of the press	1
Decree on freedom of the press (1810) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish historical document ⓘ legal decree ⓘ press law ⓘ
aim	to guarantee freedom of the press ⓘ to limit censorship powers of authorities ⓘ
appliesTo	printed press in Spain ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Spain ⓘ
author	Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
chronology	precedes the Spanish Constitution of 1812 ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
describedAs	landmark liberal measure ⓘ
effect	abolition of prior censorship in Spain ⓘ establishment of broad guarantees for press freedom ⓘ
genre	constitutional law ⓘ media law ⓘ
hasLegalSubject	press ⓘ printed materials ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Peninsular War ⓘ Spanish Revolution of 1820 ⓘ surface form: Spanish liberal revolution
inception	1810 ⓘ
influenced	later Spanish press legislation ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalArea	constitutional rights ⓘ media regulation ⓘ
legalForm	decree ⓘ
legalStatus	abolished prior censorship ⓘ
legislativeBody	Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
locationOfCreation	Cadiz ⓘ surface form: Cádiz
mainSubject	censorship ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ liberalism ⓘ
movement	Spanish liberalism ⓘ
opposedTo	prior censorship ⓘ
partOf	Spanish liberal reforms of the early 19th century ⓘ legislative work of the Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Cadiz ⓘ surface form: Cádiz
pointInTime	1810 ⓘ
publicationYear	1810 ⓘ
publisher	Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
regulates	public discussion of political matters ⓘ publication of newspapers ⓘ publication of pamphlets ⓘ
relatedTo	Cádiz Constitution of 1812 ⓘ surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1812
significance	early recognition of press freedom in Spain ⓘ influential in the development of Spanish liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
temporalContext	early 19th century ⓘ
title	Decree on freedom of the press (1810) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Decree on freedom of the press

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Cortes of Cádiz → significantWork → Decree on freedom of the press (1810) ⓘ

Decree on freedom of the press (1810) → title → Decree on freedom of the press (1810) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decree on freedom of the press