The Provincial Councils. About the origins of the Cadiz Council

Authors

  • Francisco Javier Sanjuán Andrés Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.333

Keywords:

Provincial Council, province, Spanish Constitution of 1812, territory, institutional structure

Abstract

The origins of the Provincial Council of Cádiz, have a direct relationship with the legislative and the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Cádiz was an exceptional geographic space, given the circumstances and context of the city, to discuss the implementation of legislation relating to Local Government, specifically the province. Cádiz Provincial Council without delay and make no detailed justification by the Provincial Board of the Constitutional Commission of the Courts, even thought the city impregnable bastion of the Spanish liberty against the French occupation on the country, which allowed the conclusion on the same of the Courts that developed the first Spanish Constitution.

 

Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 23/04/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 02/05/2012

Author Biography

Francisco Javier Sanjuán Andrés, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid

Personal Investigador del Instituto de Derecho Público (URJC). Becario de Estudios Constitucionalistas en la Universidad de Cádiz, curso 2008/2009 y Diploma en Ciencia Política y Derecho constitucional (CEPC)

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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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