Spanish and Portuguese constitutionalism during the first half of the XIXth Century (a comparative analysis)

Authors

  • Joaquín Varela Suanzes-Carpegna Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i11.270

Keywords:

Spanish and portuguese constitutionalism, 19th century

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to show de similarities and differences between Spanish and Portuguese constitutionalism during the first half of the 19th century, including their mutual influences as far as the facts, the ideas and, overall, the constitutional texts are concerned. For such a work a comparation between those constitutionalisms is not enough; it is also neccesary to put them inside a wider context of a comparative constitutional history, mainly in the British and French ones. An undoubtely more difficult approach, and perhaps that is why it is much less used by Spanish and Portuguese historiography.

Submission Date: 12/01/2010

Acceptance Date: 17/03/2010

Author Biography

Joaquín Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Universidad de Oviedo

Catedrático de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad de Oviedo, en donde dirige el Seminario de Historia Constitucional “Martínez Marina”, que edita la revista electrónica “Historia Constitucional”. Amplió estudios en la London School of Economics and Political Science y en la Université de Paris I, así como en el Instituto Universitario Europeo de Florencia. Ha sido profesor invitado en diversas Universidades europeas e iberoamericanas. Es investigador del Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII. Se ha especializado en la historia constitucional española y comparada, materia sobre la que ha publicado alrededor de ciento cincuenta trabajos, algunos traducidos al inglés, francés, italiano y portugués. Forma parte del comité científico de varias revistas en Italia y España y es miembro del Consejo editorial del Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, en donde dirige la colección “Clásicos Políticos”. Codirige también "Fundamentos. Cuadernos monográficos de Teoría del Estado, Derecho Público e Historia Constitucional”. Entre sus últimos trabajos destacan sus libros Governo e partiti nel pensiero britannico (1688-1832), Política y Constitución en España (1808-1978) y La Constitución de 1876, así como su extenso estudio preliminar a la edición española de The English Constitution, de W. Bagehot. Dirige para la editorial Iustel la colección “Leyes Políticas Españolas. 1808-1978”, cuyos tres primeros volúmenes verán la luz a finales de 2010. A comienzos de 2011 se publicará la segunda edición de su primer libro: La Teoría del Estado en los orígenes del constitucionalismo hispánico (las Cortes de Cádiz).

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Issue

No. 11 (2010): Historia Constitucional N. 11 (2010)

Section

Southern Europe

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