Cortes
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The Cortes was the unicameral national parliament of the Second Spanish Republic, responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the government under the 1931 constitution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cortes canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative body
ⓘ
parliament of Spain ⓘ unicameral national parliament ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Second Spanish Republic ⓘ |
| canAmend | Spanish Constitution of 1931 ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Spanish Constitution of 1931 ⓘ |
| country | Second Spanish Republic ⓘ |
| electorate | Spanish citizens of the Second Republic ⓘ |
| governingDocument | Rules of Procedure of the Cortes of the Second Republic ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
approval of international treaties
ⓘ
control of public finances ⓘ legislative initiative ⓘ representation of the Spanish people ⓘ |
| hasHouseType | lower house style single chamber ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | national legislation of Spain during the Second Republic ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHouses | 1 ⓘ |
| hasPower |
ability to pass votes of no confidence
ⓘ
approval of governments ⓘ budgetary authority ⓘ legislative power ⓘ power of government oversight ⓘ |
| hasRole |
enacting laws
ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentTitleInSystem | President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitleInSystem | President of the Republic ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| isUnicameral | true ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalForm | constitutional organ ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyFor | Second Spanish Republic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Madrid ⓘ |
| meetsIn |
Palace of the Congress of Deputies
ⓘ
surface form:
Palacio de las Cortes
|
| notableHistoricalContext |
Second Spanish Republic
ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| oversightOf |
Council of Ministers of Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Ministers of the Second Spanish Republic
|
| partOf | political system of the Second Spanish Republic ⓘ |
| politicalIdeologyContext |
anti-monarchism in Spain
ⓘ
republicanism in Spain ⓘ |
| politicalSystemType | parliamentary republic ⓘ |
| predecessor | Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution |
Presidency of the Republic of Spain (Second Republic)
ⓘ
Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Government of the Second Republic
General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish judiciary of the Second Republic
|
| successor |
Francoist Cortes
ⓘ
surface form:
Francoist Cortes Españolas
|
| typeOfParliament | democratically elected parliament ⓘ |
| votingSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.