Portuguese Constitution of 1822

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The Portuguese Constitution of 1822 was the first liberal constitution of Portugal, establishing a constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, and civil liberties in the wake of the country’s early 19th-century liberal revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
liberal constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Gerais
aimedTo limit absolutism ⓘ
modernize Portuguese political system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constituição Portuguesa de 1822 ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
definedBranchOfGovernment executive power ⓘ
judicial power ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
definedElectoralSystem census suffrage ⓘ
indirect elections ⓘ
establishedPrinciple civil liberties ⓘ
national sovereignty ⓘ
representative government ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
followedBy Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
guaranteedRight equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
habeas corpus ⓘ
inviolability of property ⓘ
hasPart declaration of rights ⓘ
provisions on separation of powers ⓘ
regulation of royal authority ⓘ
rules on legislative elections ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Portugal ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Portugal
historicalPeriod Liberal Revolution in Portugal ⓘ
historicalSignificance first liberal constitution of Portugal ⓘ
influencedBy French revolutionary constitutional ideas ⓘ
Spanish Constitution of 1812 ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
introducedInstitution unicameral Cortes ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Portugal at time of validity ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law tradition ⓘ
legislativeBody Cortes Gerais e Extraordinárias da Nação Portuguesa ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Gerais
limitedPowersOf Portuguese monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Portugal
politicalIdeology liberalism in Portugal ⓘ
precededBy absolute monarchy in Portugal ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
replaced traditional fundamental laws of the Portuguese monarchy ⓘ
restrictedPowerOf royal prerogative ⓘ
subject organization of the Portuguese state ⓘ
subjectOf Portuguese liberal wars historiography ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy ⓘ

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Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → influenced → Portuguese Constitution of 1822 ⓘ
Constitutional Charter of 1826 → replaced → Portuguese Constitution of 1822 ⓘ
Portuguese Constitution of 1822 → alsoKnownAs → Constituição Portuguesa de 1822 ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1822
Old Regime in Portugal → endedBy → Portuguese constitutional reforms of the 1820s ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1822
Vila-Francada coup → constitutionalDocumentAffected → Constitution of Portugal of 1822 ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Constitution of 1822
Portuguese Constitutional Charter of 1826 → replaced → Portuguese Constitution of 1822 ⓘ