Spanish Constitution of 1978

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constitution foundational law legal document

The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the democratic charter that established Spain as a parliamentary monarchy, guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms after the Franco dictatorship.

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Spanish Constitution 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedOn 1978-12-06 ⓘ
aimedTo consolidate democracy after Franco dictatorship ⓘ
amendmentProcedure rigid ⓘ
approvedByReferendum true ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
definesBranch executive power ⓘ
judicial power ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
definesStateAs social and democratic state governed by the rule of law ⓘ
definesStateForm parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
definesTerritorialOrganization autonomous communities ⓘ
draftedBy Constitutional Committee of the Congress of Deputies NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1978-12-29 ⓘ
establishesCourt Tribunal Constitucional NERFINISHED ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
guarantees freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
public freedoms ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
right to political participation ⓘ
right to private property ⓘ
hasPreamble true ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext Spanish transition to democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy democratic and social constitutionalism of Western Europe ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legislatureName Cortes Generales NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouseName Congreso de los Diputados NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChapters 11 ⓘ
numberOfTitles 10 ⓘ
officialName Constitución Española de 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibits death penalty in peacetime ⓘ
promulgatedOn 1978-12-27 ⓘ
publishedIn Boletín Oficial del Estado NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizes right to autonomy of nationalities and regions ⓘ
referendumDate 1978-12-06 ⓘ
regulates Constitutional Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cortes Generales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judiciary ⓘ
replaced Fundamental Laws of the Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresForTotalRevision qualified majority and referendum ⓘ
shortName Spanish Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
supremeLawOf Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperHouseName Senado NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution Day of Spain → relatedTo → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Coat of arms of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Community of Madrid → follows → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Government of Castile-La Mancha → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (1979) → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Spanish Constitution of 1931 → succeededBy → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Government of Navarre → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution
La Carolina → governedUnder → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution
Regent of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Spain → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Conference of Presidents (Conferencia de Presidentes) → relatedTo → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Conference of Presidents
Rules of Procedure of the Senate of Spain → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Politics of the Basque Country → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Council of State of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Constitution
Bureau of the Senate of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ