The issue of constitutional reform in the Constitution of Cadiz and the problem of its temporal and material boundaries

Authors

  • Javier Tajadura Tejada Universidad del País Vasco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.332

Keywords:

Constitution of 1812, constitutional reform, constitutional boundaries, constituent power

Abstract

The Cadiz Constitution of 1812 did not set any limit to its own reform. For this reason, the power of reform could change the Constitution without any formal restriction, according to Articles 373 and 374. However, the absence of intangibility clauses does not mean that the founding fathers of Spanish constitutionalism rejected the existence of implicit material limits the power of reform. This paper analyzes the different positions on constitutional reform defended by the deputies in the context of the various ideological positions of the constituent assembly of Cádiz in 1812.


Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 25/04/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 05/05/2012

Author Biography

Javier Tajadura Tejada, Universidad del País Vasco

Profesor Titular de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad del País Vasco desde 1996. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Iberconceptos. Miembro del Consejo de Redacción de la Revista de Estudios Políticos y de la Revista de Derecho Político. Autor de una decena de libros y de un centenar de capítulos de libro y artículos en revistas especializadas. Sus dos últimos libros son El Estado Autonómico como Estado Federal Cooperativo (Comares, Granada, 2010) y El futuro de Europa: luces y sombras del Tratado de Lisboa (Comares, Granada, 2010).

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Issue

No. 13 (2012): Historia Constitucional N. 13 (2012)

Section

The Courts of Cadiz, the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and its influence in Latin America

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