Cortes

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The Cortes was the unicameral national parliament of the Second Spanish Republic, responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the government under the 1931 constitution.

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Label Occurrences
Cortes canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliament of Spain ⓘ
unicameral national parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
canAmend Spanish Constitution of 1931 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1931 ⓘ
country Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
electorate Spanish citizens of the Second Republic ⓘ
governingDocument Rules of Procedure of the Cortes of the Second Republic ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasFunction approval of international treaties ⓘ
control of public finances ⓘ
legislative initiative ⓘ
representation of the Spanish people ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house style single chamber ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver national legislation of Spain during the Second Republic ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
hasPower ability to pass votes of no confidence ⓘ
approval of governments ⓘ
budgetary authority ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
power of government oversight ⓘ
hasRole enacting laws ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitleInSystem President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitleInSystem President of the Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
isUnicameral true ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legalForm constitutional organ ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Madrid ⓘ
meetsIn Palacio de las Cortes ⓘ
notableHistoricalContext Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of the Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
partOf political system of the Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext anti-monarchism in Spain ⓘ
republicanism in Spain ⓘ
politicalSystemType parliamentary republic ⓘ
predecessor Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
relatedInstitution Presidency of the Republic of Spain (Second Republic) ⓘ
Spanish Government of the Second Republic ⓘ
Spanish judiciary of the Second Republic ⓘ
successor Francoist Cortes Españolas ⓘ
linked to: Francoist Cortes
typeOfParliament democratically elected parliament ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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