Fundamental Laws of the Realm of Francoist Spain

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The Fundamental Laws of the Realm of Francoist Spain were a set of quasi-constitutional statutes that structured the authoritarian political system of Francisco Franco’s regime and defined its institutions, powers, and ideological principles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian legal system
constitutional framework
legal code
quasi-constitution
aimedTo institutionalize the Francoist regime
legitimize Franco’s personal dictatorship
appliedIn Francoist Spain NERFINISHED
characterizedBy absence of separation of powers
concentration of executive and legislative powers in Head of State
corporatist representation
rejection of parliamentary democracy
concentratedPowerIn Francisco Franco NERFINISHED
country Spain
definedRoleOf Catholic Church as privileged institution
Cortes Españolas as non-sovereign legislature NERFINISHED
Movimiento Nacional as single political organization NERFINISHED
governed limits of civil liberties
relationship between state and Catholic Church
state institutions of Francoist Spain
headOfState Francisco Franco NERFINISHED
ideology National Catholicism NERFINISHED
anti-communism
anti-liberalism
authoritarianism
inForceUntil Spanish Constitution of 1978 NERFINISHED
legalNature combination of basic laws and institutional acts
legalStatus supreme law of Francoist Spain
limited judicial independence
partiallySupersededBy Political Reform Act of 1976 NERFINISHED
partOf Francoist legal order NERFINISHED
politicalSystemStructured Francoist regime NERFINISHED
principle Catholic confessional state
monarchical succession
organic democracy
unity of the Spanish nation
recognizedInstitution Cortes Españolas NERFINISHED
Council of Ministers NERFINISHED
Council of the Realm NERFINISHED
Head of State
National Council of the Movement NERFINISHED
Trade Union Organization (Sindicato Vertical) NERFINISHED
single party Movimiento Nacional NERFINISHED
replaced Second Spanish Republic constitutional order
restrictedRights freedom of association
freedom of expression
political pluralism
sourceLanguage Spanish
successionDesign restoration of monarchy under Franco’s terms
timePeriod 1938–1978

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Fuero del Trabajo partOf Fundamental Laws of the Realm of Francoist Spain
Spanish Constitution of 1931 succeededBy Fundamental Laws of the Realm of Francoist Spain
this entity surface form: Fundamental Laws of the Realm (Francoist Spain)