Constitution of 1836 of Mexico

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The Constitution of 1836 of Mexico, known as the Siete Leyes, was a centralist charter that replaced the federal system with a stronger, more centralized presidential republic and restructured the Mexican state into departments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican constitutional charter ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
historical legal document ⓘ
abolishedEntityType federal states ⓘ
adoptedInYear 1836 ⓘ
affectedRegion Texas ⓘ
Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán state
appliedToTerritory Republic of Mexico ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
createdBody Supreme Conservative Power ⓘ
Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ
createdChamber Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
createdEntityType departments ⓘ
established property-based suffrage requirements ⓘ
governmentFormIntroduced centralist republic ⓘ
hasAlias Seven Laws ⓘ
linked to: Siete Leyes

Siete Leyes ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked shift from federalism to centralism in Mexico ⓘ
inForceAfter Federal Constitution of 1824 ⓘ
inspiredBy conservative centralist ideology ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
lawCollectionName Siete Leyes ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Mexico ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
legalTradition Hispanic constitutionalism ⓘ
limitedAutonomyOf Mexican regions ⓘ
mainPrinciple centralization of power ⓘ
numberOfLaws 7 ⓘ
politicalContext post-independence Mexico ⓘ
politicalOrientation centralist ⓘ
previousConstitution Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 ⓘ
regulated citizenship ⓘ
division of powers ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
repealedBy Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1846 ⓘ
replacedSystem federal republic ⓘ
restricted state sovereignty ⓘ
restructuredTerritorialDivisionInto departments ⓘ
shortDescription centralist Mexican constitution composed of seven laws that replaced the 1824 federal charter and reorganized the country into departments ⓘ
strengthened presidential authority ⓘ
strengthenedBranchOfGovernment executive ⓘ
territorialOrganizationTermUsed departamentos ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
triggeredOppositionIn federalist states ⓘ
typeOfStateEstablished centralized presidential republic ⓘ

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President of the Republic (Mexico, Siete Leyes) → establishedBy → Constitution of 1836 of Mexico ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Republic
Supremo Poder Conservador → legalBasis → Constitution of 1836 (Mexico) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of 1836 of Mexico
Constitution of 1843 of Mexico → replaced → Constitution of 1836 of Mexico ⓘ
Constitution of 1843 of Mexico → precededBy → Constitution of 1836 of Mexico ⓘ