A Shadow in the Night: Around Cadiz's Constitutionalism and New Granada

Authors

  • Andrés Botero Bernal Universidad de Medellín

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i15.406

Keywords:

New Granada, Constitution of Cadiz, Courts of Cadiz, First Republic (1811-1815), Independence War

Abstract

This paper will address the issue of relations between the Constitution of Cadiz with the New Granada from four points. (I) The relevance of another reflection about the connections between the Constitution of Cadiz with America, in general, and New Granada, in particular, within the context of the bicentennial celebrations. (II) The type of relationship that took place between the Constitution of Cadiz and the constitutions of the independence’s period, especially with the ones of the first republic (1811-1815). (III) The normative value that had the Constitution of Cadiz in different provinces of the New Granada, concluding that any answer to the above question may not fall on absolutes, black or white, but in a wide shade of gray. (IV) The different looks that received the Constitution of Cádiz during the war of independence in the New Granada.
It will finally conclude that the Constitution of Cadiz cannot be considered as the first Colombian Constitution, although it has been for the Viceroyalty of the New Granada.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 5/11/2013
Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 7/01/2014

Author Biography

Andrés Botero Bernal, Universidad de Medellín

bogado y filósofo, especialista en docencia universitaria y en contextualización psico–social del crimen, Master Europeo Universitario y Doctor en Derecho. Miembro del comité editorial o científico de varias revistas nacionales e internacionales y conferencista nacional e internacional. Actualmente se desempeña como profesor e investigador de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellín.

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Published

2014-07-28

Issue

No. 15 (2014): Historia Constitucional N. 15 (2014)

Section

Haití, Colombia y Argentina

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