Property, citizenship and right to vote in the Spanish constitutionalism (1808-1845)

Authors

  • Joaquín Varela Suanzes-Carpegna Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.65

Keywords:

citizenship, democracy, liberalism, property

Abstract

The relationship between property and right to vote has been an important difference between the two wings of the Spanish liberalism (“moderados” and “progresistas”). The Constitution of Cadix (1812) did not include property requirements to vote, but this point of view was changed when this Constitution was replaced by the “Estatuto Real” (1834). The “moderados” included a restrictive right to vote (Constitutions of 1834 and 1845) that was always rejected by the “progresistas” who vindicated the popular sovereignty, being a precedent of the democratic ideologies in Spain.

Submission date: 05/11/2004
Acceptance date: 18/02/2005

Author Biography

Joaquín Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Universidad de Oviedo

Joaquín Varela Suanzes-Carpegna es Catedrático de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Oviedo e Investigador Titular del Instituto Feijoo del Siglo XVIII, adscrito a esa Universidad. Es autor de casi un centenar de trabajos sobre la historia constitucional española, británica y francesa. Sus dos últimas monografías son Sistema de gobierno y partidos políticos: de Locke a Park (CEPC, Madrid, 2002) y El Conde de Toreno (1786-1843). Biografía de un liberal (Marcial Pons, Madrid, 2005). En breve publicará dos nuevos libros, que recogen buena parte de sus estudios sobre el constitucionalismo español publicados en los últimos veinte años: Política y Constitución en España (1808-1978) (CEPC, Madrid, 2006) y Los asturianos en la política española. Pensamiento y acción (KRK ediciones, Oviedo, 2006). Ha editado ocho libros, los dos últimos: Álvaro Flórez Estrada (1766-1853), política, economía, sociedad, JGPA, Oviedo, 2004 y La propiedad en la historia del Derecho español ( siglos XIX y XX), Colegio de Registradores, Madrid, 2005. Fundador y Director de la Revista electrónica "Historia Constitucional", codirige también "Fundamentos. Cuadernos monográficos de Teoría del Estado, Derecho Público e Historia Constitucional”.

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Issue

No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

Section

The historical construction of citizenship

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