Spanish Constitution of 1931

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The Spanish Constitution of 1931 was the foundational legal charter of the Second Spanish Republic, establishing a democratic, secular state with expanded civil liberties and progressive social reforms.

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instanceOf constitution
foundational charter
legal document
adoptedOn 1931-12-09
allowed autonomy statutes for regions
separation of church and state
banned religious orders with political activity
cameIntoForceIn 1931
characteristic democratic
progressive
republican
secular
country Spain
definedStateAs democratic state of workers of all classes
draftedBy Constituent Cortes of 1931
linked to: Cortes Generales
establishedFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy
republic
grantedRight freedom of assembly
freedom of association
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
habeas corpus
women's suffrage
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Council of Ministers
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic
historicalPeriod interwar period
influencedBy Constitution of the Third French Republic
Weimar Constitution
language Spanish
legislatureName Cortes
legislatureType unicameral parliament
limitedPowerOf Catholic Church
precededBy Spanish Constitution of 1876
principle national sovereignty
parliamentary supremacy
separation of powers
providedFor civil marriage
divorce
secular education
regulated civil liberties
regional autonomy
social rights
repealedBy Francoist regime
linked to: Francoist Spain
repealedOn 1939
restricted Jesuit order
linked to: Society of Jesus
stateForm Second Spanish Republic
succeededBy Fundamental Laws of the Realm (Francoist Spain)
Spanish Constitution of 1978
suffrageType universal suffrage
territorialOrganization unitary state with autonomous regions

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Constitution of 1931 alsoKnownAs Spanish Constitution of 1931
Basque Statute of Autonomy (1936) follows Second Spanish Republic Constitution of 1931
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1931
Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic constitutionalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1931
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre namedAfter Spanish Constitution of 12 October 1931
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1931
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) replacedBy Spanish Constitution of 1931
Cortes constitutionalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1931
Cortes canAmend Spanish Constitution of 1931