Constituent Congress of Mexico
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The Constituent Congress of Mexico was the sovereign assembly convened after the Mexican Revolution to draft and promulgate the 1917 Political Constitution that still underpins the country’s federal legal and political system.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Querétaro Constituent Congress | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constituent assembly
ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Congreso Constituyente de 1916-1917
NERFINISHED
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Congreso Constituyente de México NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Mexican States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1916 in Mexico
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1917 in Mexico ⓘ Constituent assemblies NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Political history of Mexico ⓘ |
| convenedBy | Venustiano Carranza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfPromulgatedConstitution | 5 February 1917 ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter | promulgation of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ |
| endTime | 1917 ⓘ |
| hasLegalSuccessor | Congress of the Union (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainMeetingPlace | Teatro de la República NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDeputies | approximately 219 ⓘ |
| hasScope | federal legal and political system of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasTask |
draft the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917
ⓘ
promulgate a new federal constitution for Mexico ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSovereigntyClaim | sovereign assembly ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-Mexican Revolution era ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Constitution of 1857
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
demands of revolutionary factions in Mexico ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasisForConvocation | Carranza’s call of December 1916 ⓘ |
| legalDocumentProduced | Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Querétaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Santiago de Querétaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | post-revolutionary state-building in Mexico ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | plural, with strong Carrancista majority ⓘ |
| reasonForConvocation | need to create a new constitutional order after the Mexican Revolution ⓘ |
| replaces | Congress that produced the Constitution of 1857 ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected deputies ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantOutcome |
establishment of social rights in Mexican constitutional law
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expansion of presidential powers in Mexico ⓘ recognition of agrarian reform principles in Article 27 of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ recognition of labor rights in Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution ⓘ regulation of the relationship between church and state in Mexico ⓘ strengthening of federalism in Mexico ⓘ |
| startTime | 1916 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in Mexican constitutional history ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Querétaro Constituent Congress
subject surface form:
Title Four of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States