Spanish Constitution of 1978

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The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the democratic charter that established Spain as a parliamentary monarchy, guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms after the Franco dictatorship.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedOn 1978-12-06 ⓘ
aimedTo consolidate democracy after Franco dictatorship ⓘ
amendmentProcedure rigid ⓘ
approvedByReferendum true ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
definesBranch executive power ⓘ
judicial power ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
definesStateAs social and democratic state governed by the rule of law ⓘ
definesStateForm parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
definesTerritorialOrganization autonomous communities ⓘ
draftedBy Constitutional Committee of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1978-12-29 ⓘ
establishesCourt Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
guarantees freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
public freedoms ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
right to political participation ⓘ
right to private property ⓘ
hasPreamble true ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Spain ⓘ
historicalContext Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
inspiredBy democratic and social constitutionalism of Western Europe ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legislatureName Cortes Generales ⓘ
lowerHouseName Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
numberOfChapters 11 ⓘ
numberOfTitles 10 ⓘ
officialName Constitución Española de 1978 ⓘ
prohibits death penalty in peacetime ⓘ
promulgatedOn 1978-12-27 ⓘ
publishedIn Boletín Oficial del Estado ⓘ
recognizes right to autonomy of nationalities and regions ⓘ
referendumDate 1978-12-06 ⓘ
regulates Constitutional Court ⓘ
Cortes Generales ⓘ
Crown ⓘ
Government ⓘ
linked to: Federal government

Judiciary ⓘ
replaced Fundamental Laws of the Realm ⓘ
requiresForTotalRevision qualified majority and referendum ⓘ
shortName Spanish Constitution ⓘ
supremeLawOf Spain ⓘ
upperHouseName Senado ⓘ

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Referenced by (115)

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Royal Decree 1560/1997 → relatedTo → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Constitution Day of Spain → relatedTo → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Coat of arms of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Community of Madrid → follows → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Government of Castile-La Mancha → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country (1979) → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Spanish Constitution of 1931 → succeededBy → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Government of Navarre → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
La Carolina → governedUnder → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Regent of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Spain → constitutionalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Conference of Presidents → relatedTo → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Senate of Spain → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Politics of the Basque Country → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Council of State of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Bureau of the Senate of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Ejército del Aire y del Espacio → allegiance → Constitución Española ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Ley de Principios del Movimiento Nacional → sustituidaDeHechoPor → Constitución española de 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Leyes Fundamentales del Reino → derogaciónTotal → Constitución española de 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Corona de España → fundamentoJurídico → Constitución Española de 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Moncloa Pacts → preceded → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Political Reform Act of 1976 → followedBy → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Ministry of the Interior of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Spain → establishedInCurrentFormBy → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Patrimonio Histórico Español → legalFramework → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands → basedOn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of the Balearic Islands → higherNorm → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
General Council of the Judiciary of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Organic Laws of the Spanish justice system → legalBasisIn → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Organic Laws of the Spanish justice system → mustComplyWith → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Sectoral Conferences of the Government of Spain and Autonomous Communities → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 (general framework for territorial organization) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
President of the Congress of Deputies → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
corpus de reglamentos del Ejército español → estáVinculadoA → Constitución Española de 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Council of Ministers of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) → supportedDocument → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
President of the Junta de Andalucía → officeCreatedUnder → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia → higherNorm → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Pre-autonomous institutions of Andalusia → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Municipal government of Granada → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Unión de Centro Democrático → supported → 1978 Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
General State Budget of Spain → governedBy → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
subject linked to: general state budget of Spain
President of the Junta of Castile and León → legalBasis → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso → governingLaw → Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Government of Melilla → follows → Spanish Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Constitution of 1978