Spanish Constitution

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constitution supreme law

The Spanish Constitution is the supreme legal framework of Spain, establishing the country's democratic system, separation of powers, and fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish Constitution of 1978	15
Constitution of Spain	2
Title II of the Spanish Constitution	2
Title III of the Spanish Constitution	2
Constitución Española	1
Spanish Constitution of 1931	1
Title IV of the Spanish Constitution	1
Title IV of the Spanish Constitution of 1978	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ supreme law ⓘ
1992AmendmentSubject	voting rights of European Union citizens in municipal elections ⓘ
2011AmendmentSubject	budgetary stability and public debt limit ⓘ
amended	1992 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ
approvedBy	Cortes Generales ⓘ Spanish people in referendum ⓘ
contains	Title I: Fundamental Rights and Duties ⓘ Title II: The Crown ⓘ Cortes Generales ⓘ surface form: Title III: The Cortes Generales Title IV: Government and Administration ⓘ Title VI: Judicial Power ⓘ Title VIII: Territorial Organization of the State ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
createsInstitution	Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
dateOfAdoption	1978-10-31 ⓘ
dateOfEntryIntoForce	1978-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation	1978-12-27 ⓘ
dateOfReferendum	1978-12-06 ⓘ
declares	indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation ⓘ non-confessional state ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment	parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
definesStateAs	social and democratic state, subject to the rule of law ⓘ
draftedBy	Cortes Generales ⓘ surface form: Spanish Cortes Constituyentes
establishes	democratic system of Spain ⓘ separation of powers in Spain ⓘ
executiveHead	President of the Government ⓘ
guarantees	fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
hasPreamble	yes ⓘ
headOfState	King of Spain ⓘ
historicalContext	Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
inspiredBy	democratic and social constitutionalism of Western Europe ⓘ
judicialOrgan	General Council of the Judiciary ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme legal framework of Spain ⓘ
legislativeBody	Cortes Generales ⓘ
lowerHouse	Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
numberOfArticles	169 ⓘ
numberOfTitles	11 ⓘ
officialName	Spanish Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitución Española
officialReligion	none ⓘ
preambleMentions	Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Nation justice ⓘ liberty ⓘ promotion of the common good ⓘ security ⓘ
predecessor	Spanish Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1931
recognizes	freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of ideology ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of worship ⓘ right to autonomy of nationalities and regions ⓘ right to education ⓘ right to private property ⓘ right to strike ⓘ right to unionize ⓘ
regulates	Spanish State of Autonomies ⓘ surface form: autonomous communities of Spain
replaced	Francoist fundamental laws ⓘ
upperHouse	Senado ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EdA → allegiance → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

Spanish Air Force → allegiance → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

Spanish Army → allegiance → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

Spanish law → codifiedIn → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

President of the Council of Ministers of Spain → constitutingInstrument → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Cortes Generales → constitutionalArticle → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title III of the Spanish Constitution

King of Spain → constitutionalArticle → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II of the Spanish Constitution

Senate of Spain → constitutionalArticle → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title III of the Spanish Constitution

Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Congress of Deputies → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Cortes Generales → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Government of Catalonia → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

President of the Senate of Spain → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

President of the Senate of Spain → createdBy → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish monarchy → currentConstitution → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

King of Spain → establishedInCurrentFormBy → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish government → establishedUnder → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title IV of the Spanish Constitution of 1978

Ministry of Defence of Spain → follows → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Spain

Kingdom of Spain → hasConstitution → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Ejército de Tierra → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

President of the Council of Ministers of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title IV of the Spanish Constitution

Prince of Asturias → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish Armed Forces → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish government → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978

Spanish monarchy → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II of the Spanish Constitution

Spanish Constitution → officialName → Spanish Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitución Española

Spanish Constitution → predecessor → Spanish Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1931

Assembly of Madrid → subordinateTo → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

Government of the Community of Madrid → subordinateTo → Spanish Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of Spain

Spanish government → subordinateTo → Spanish Constitution ⓘ