Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949

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The Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949 is the fundamental law that established Costa Rica as a stable democratic republic, defining its political institutions, civil liberties, and separation of powers after the 1948 civil war.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
article Article 12 ⓘ
Article 20 ⓘ
Article 21 ⓘ
Article 39 ⓘ
Article 48 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1949-11-07 ⓘ
containsChapterOn fundamental rights and guarantees ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
territorial organization ⓘ
context adopted after the Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
createdEntity Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
dateAdopted 1949-11-07 ⓘ
definesInstitution Electoral Supreme Court of Costa Rica ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica ⓘ
Presidency of Costa Rica ⓘ
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica ⓘ
definesPrinciple representative democracy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
draftedBy Founding Junta of the Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
establishedBody Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica ⓘ
establishedBranch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment democratic republic ⓘ
establishedSuffrageAge 18 ⓘ
establishedSystem universal suffrage ⓘ
guaranteesRight equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
habeas corpus ⓘ
right to due process ⓘ
right to property ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
judicialBodyName Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rica
language Spanish ⓘ
legislatureName Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral legislature ⓘ
prohibits death penalty for common crimes ⓘ
standing army in peacetime ⓘ
replaced Constitution of Costa Rica of 1871 ⓘ
shortName Costa Rican Constitution of 1949 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica → foundedBy → Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949 ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica → constitutionalBasis → Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica → establishedBy → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica → appliesLaw → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Government of Costa Rica → isBasedOnDocument → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Presidency of Costa Rica → establishedBy → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Presidency of Costa Rica → constitutionalArticle → Title IX of the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Asamblea Legislativa → establishedInPeriod → Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Asamblea Legislativa → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949 → createdEntity → Second Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949 → shortName → Costa Rican Constitution of 1949 ⓘ
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Diario de la Asamblea Legislativa → relatedTo → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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President of Costa Rica → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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President of Costa Rica → hasOathTo → Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Judicial Branch of Costa Rica → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica → jurisdiction → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitutional Chamber
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Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitutional Chamber
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Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica → governedBy → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Chamber
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Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica → governingLaw → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Criminal Chamber
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Labor Chamber of Costa Rica → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Labor Chamber
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Costa Rican public university system → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Cabécar Indigenous territories → legalFramework → Costa Rican Constitution ⓘ
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Executive branch of Costa Rica → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica → constitutionalArticle → Article 9 of the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
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Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica → constitutionalArticle → Article 99 of the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica → constitutionalArticle → Article 102 of the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica → establishedBy → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
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Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica → canAmend → Constitution of Costa Rica (under specific procedures) ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
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Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Vice Presidents of Costa Rica succeed in case of vacancy → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 → relatedTo → 1949 Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949
Attorney General of the Republic of Costa Rica → legalBasis → Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949