The system of government in the Constitution of Bayonne

Authors

  • Ignacio Fernández Sarasola Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i9.143

Keywords:

Constitution of Bayona 1808, system of government, imperial model, Monarchy, Cortes, ministers

Abstract

The Spanish Constitution of Bayona (1808) was the first constitutional code in Spain, even if it is really a Charte Octroyée. Through this Constitution, Napoleon tried to modernize the Spanish Monarchy, and tried to do so introducing the imperial model, that established a system of government where the King was the political centre of the State. Yet the division of powers were a tacit provision of the Constitution, in fact the other branches of government had very limited authority, and they were mainly instruments to support the King.

Submission date: 04/01/2008
Acceptance date: 19/03/2008

Author Biography

Ignacio Fernández Sarasola, Universidad de Oviedo

Profesor Titular de Derecho Constitucional Secretario del Seminario de Historia Constitucional "Martínez Marina" y de la revista electrónica "Historia Constitucional". Investigador Titular del Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII. Director de la Biblioteca Virtual de Historia Constitucional "Francisco Martínez Marina".

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Issue

No. 9 (2008): Historia Constitucional N. 9 (2008)

Section

The Constitution of Bayonne and the reign of Joseph I Bonaparte

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