Spanish Constitution of 1978

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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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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
enteredIntoForceOn 1978-12-29
establishesCourt Tribunal Constitucional
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
historicalContext Spanish transition to democracy
inspiredBy democratic and social constitutionalism of Western Europe
language Spanish
legislatureName Cortes Generales
lowerHouseName Congreso de los Diputados
numberOfChapters 11
numberOfTitles 10
officialName Constitución Española de 1978
prohibits death penalty in peacetime
promulgatedOn 1978-12-27
publishedIn Boletín Oficial del Estado
recognizes right to autonomy of nationalities and regions
referendumDate 1978-12-06
regulates Constitutional Court
Cortes Generales
Crown
Government
linked to: Federal government

Judiciary
replaced Fundamental Laws of the Realm
requiresForTotalRevision qualified majority and referendum
shortName Spanish Constitution
supremeLawOf Spain
upperHouseName Senado

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Royal Decree 1560/1997 relatedTo Spanish Constitution of 1978
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
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
La Carolina governedUnder Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Regent of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Supreme Court of Spain constitutionalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Conference of Presidents relatedTo Spanish Constitution of 1978
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
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Bureau of the Senate of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Ejército del Aire y del Espacio allegiance Constitución Española
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Ley de Principios del Movimiento Nacional sustituidaDeHechoPor Constitución española de 1978
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Leyes Fundamentales del Reino derogaciónTotal Constitución española de 1978
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Corona de España fundamentoJurídico Constitución Española de 1978
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Moncloa Pacts preceded Spanish Constitution of 1978
Political Reform Act of 1976 followedBy Spanish Constitution of 1978
Ministry of the Interior of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Council of Ministers of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Council of Ministers of Spain establishedInCurrentFormBy Spanish Constitution of 1978
Patrimonio Histórico Español legalFramework Spanish Constitution of 1978
Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands basedOn Spanish Constitution of 1978
Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands higherNorm Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
General Council of the Judiciary of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Organic Laws of the Spanish justice system legalBasisIn Spanish Constitution of 1978
Organic Laws of the Spanish justice system mustComplyWith Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Sectoral Conferences of the Government of Spain and Autonomous Communities legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978 (general framework for territorial organization)
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
President of the Congress of Deputies legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
corpus de reglamentos del Ejército español estáVinculadoA Constitución Española de 1978
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Council of Ministers of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) supportedDocument Spanish Constitution of 1978
President of the Junta de Andalucía officeCreatedUnder Spanish Constitution of 1978
Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia higherNorm Spanish Constitution of 1978
Pre-autonomous institutions of Andalusia legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Municipal government of Granada legalBasis Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Unión de Centro Democrático supported 1978 Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
General State Budget of Spain governedBy Spanish Constitution of 1978
subject linked to: general state budget of Spain
President of the Junta of Castile and León legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso governingLaw Spanish Constitution of 1978
Government of Melilla follows Spanish Constitution
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978