Two concepts of state in the Spanish constitutional debate of 1931

Authors

  • Francisco Javier Bellido Universidad de Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i20.568

Keywords:

state, constitutional debate of 1931, Constitution of 1931, Parliament, sovereignty

Abstract

This article enquires into the arguments held by the constituent members about the structure of the state. For that, MPs turns occurred between August and December 1931 are analysed. It is argued that the two rival views on the state within the Constituent Cortes of the Spanish Second Republic are to a great extent those alternatives held by the government and the opposition. Both portray the ideological disputes about, on the one hand, a model of Social Rule of Law, defended by the first coalition government; and, on the other hand, a proposal opposed to broadening social rights in the constitutional text, whereas in favour of strengthening basic individual rights in the consecution of the Liberal Rule of Law to reform the Constitution of 1876.

Fecha de envío / Submission date: 23/02/2019

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 14/04/2019

Author Biography

Francisco Javier Bellido, Universidad de Málaga

Soy doctorando en las Universidades de Málaga (filosofía) y Jyväskylä, Finlandia (ciencia política). Graduado en filosofía en 2014, he cursado dos títulos de máster. Trabajo con el profesor José María Rosales. Entre febrero y septiembre de 2018 he disfrutado de un contrato predoctoral en la Universidad de Málaga, y desde septiembre de 2018 tengo un contrato predoctoral FPU del Ministerio de Educación.

 

Recientemente he publicado el artículo “El debate constitucional de 1931 en España sobre la libertad de conciencia” (Eunomía: Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad, 13, octubre de 2017 – marzo de 2018) y la reseña “A history of justice through visual metaphors” (Global Intellectual History, publicada en línea en febrero de 2018).

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Published

2019-05-27

Issue

No. 20 (2019): Historia Constitucional N. 20 (2019)

Section

Spain

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