Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824

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constitution historical legal document

The Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 was the first Brazilian constitution, enacted under Emperor Pedro I, which organized the newly independent nation as a constitutional monarchy and laid the foundations of its political and judicial institutions.

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Constitution of 1824 of Brazil	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution ⓘ historical legal document ⓘ
abolished	Constitutional project of the Constituent Assembly of 1823 ⓘ
cameIntoForceIn	1824 ⓘ
ceasedToBeInForceAfterEvent	Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	moderately liberal for its time ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBody	Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ General Assembly of the Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of the Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdOffice	Emperor of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEnacted	1824-03-25 ⓘ
definedStateReligion	Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedSuccession	hereditary succession in the House of Braganza ⓘ
draftedBy	Council of State of the Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralSystem	census suffrage ⓘ indirect elections ⓘ
establishedLegislatureType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished	constitutional monarchy ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
guaranteedRight	due process of law ⓘ freedom of expression with limitations ⓘ inviolability of civil and political rights ⓘ right to property ⓘ
headOfStateAtEnactment	Pedro I of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first constitution of Brazil ⓘ foundation of the political and judicial institutions of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
inForceUntil	1889 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 NERFINISHED ⓘ liberal constitutionalism of the early 19th century ⓘ
introduced	Moderating Power ⓘ
jurisdiction	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
maintainedInstitution	slavery in Brazil ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment	Pedro I of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfEnactment	Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pedro I of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	executive power ⓘ judicial power ⓘ legislative power ⓘ representative government ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
regulated	organization of the judiciary in the Empire of Brazil ⓘ relations between central government and provinces ⓘ
replacedBy	Constitution of Brazil of 1891 NERFINISHED ⓘ
restrictedRight	freedom of religion for non-Catholics ⓘ
yearEnacted	1824 ⓘ

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Supreme Federal Court of Brazil → establishedBy → Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 ⓘ

Federal Senate → createdBy → Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of 1824 of Brazil