Republican regime and the Constitution of 1911 – Between “Legislative Dictatorship” and “dictatorial governance”: a difficult balance

Authors

  • Luís Farinha Universidade Nova de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.345

Keywords:

First Republic, Revolution, Constitution, Constitutional reform, political party, liberal regime, democratic regime

Abstract

The constitutionalization of the First Republic, in 1911, adopted a parliamentary formula that showed difficulties in adapting to the revolutionary period established with the Revolution of 5th October 1910. The Constitution remained liberal (with some revolutionary adaptations), but it was far from corresponding to the aspiration for change demanded by the Portuguese society, at the beginning of the twenty century.

The constitutional discussion was abruptly interrupted by the Constitution approval in August 1911. Despite the attempt to carry out a reform of the regime, through a constitutional pathway, this reform has never occurred and the republican regime fell without any solution of continuity.

 

Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 13/04/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 16/05/2012

Author Biography

Luís Farinha, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Doutorado em História Política e Institucional (séc. XX) pela Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, é Investigador do Instituto de História Contemporânea da FCSH/UNL. Comissário da Exposição “Viva a República! 1910-2010” Junho-Dezembro de 2010, na Cordoaria Nacional, Lisboa. Membro da Direcção do IHC (FCSH-UNL). Entre outras publicações mencione-se o livro Francisco Pinto Cunha Leal, Deputado e ministro da República. Um notável rebelde, Assembleia da República, Texto, Lisboa, 2009.

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

Section

The Historical Constitutionalism of Portugal (1826-1976)

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