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The Spanish Constitution (Spanish: Constitución Española) [a] is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Spain.It was enacted after its approval in a constitutional referendum; it represents the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy.
Spain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions. The current Constitution of Spain of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The idea of a national constitution for Spain arose from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen initiated as a result of the French Revolution.
The constitution was a conservative text. It came into effect on 30 June 1876. It remained in force until the coup d'etat by Miguel Primo de Rivera in 1923, which made it the longest lasting constitution of Spain thus far (the 1978 Constitution is expected to surpass it around 2024).
This is because Spain is a parliamentary system established by the Constitution of 1978. Its fundamental regulation is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the Cortes Generales, and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of
Spain’s Parliament voted on Thursday to amend the country's constitution for the third time in its history, removing the term “handicapped” and replacing it with “persons with a disability.”
The Spanish Constitution of 1837 was the constitution of Spain from 1837 to 1845. Its principal legacy was to restore the most progressive features of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and to entrench the concepts of constitutionalism , parliamentarism , and separation of powers in Spain.
The constitution of Spain of 1978 allowed for the nationalities and regions that make up the Spanish nation to accede to self-government and be constituted as autonomous communities, [1] which became the first-order political and territorial division of the Spanish territory.
Spanish Constitution of 1812; Spanish Constitution of 1837; Spanish Constitution of 1845; Spanish Constitution of 1869; Spanish Constitution of 1876; Spanish Constitution of 1931; Spanish Draft Constitution of 1856; Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873; Spanish Royal Statute of 1834