The “Cortes de Cádiz” and the implementation of the economic good order (1810-1814)

Authors

  • Fernando López Castellano Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.331

Keywords:

property rights, absolute monarchy, institutionnal change, Cortes de Cádiz, liberalism

Abstract

This paper chronicles the attempted institutional change which took place in Spain in the period 1808-1814, exploiting the collapse of the absolute monarchy brought about by the conflict with the French Napoleonic army. The paper is structured in four sections: the first part describes the foundations of the new political order; the second part examines the transition from a “predatory” tax State to a “contractual” tax State; the third part examines the package of measures aimed at creating and consolidating new property rights and the liberalization of production activities. Finally, the reactions and resistance to organizational change are analysed.

 

Enviado el (Submission Date): 28/12/2011

Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 12/02/2012

Author Biography

Fernando López Castellano, Universidad de Granada

Profesor de Historia de las Ideas y del Análisis Económico. Principales líneas de investigación: historia de las ideas económicas y hacendísticas en la España del siglo XIX, Economía Política del desarrollo, con especial referencia al análisis institucional.

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Issue

No. 13 (2012): Historia Constitucional N. 13 (2012)

Section

The Courts of Cadiz, the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and its influence in Latin America

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