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.

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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

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