The Gran Colombia and the first intangibility clauses in Hispanic constitutionalism
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https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i26.1152Keywords:
Constitution of the Republic of Colombia of 1821, Explicit material limits to constitutional reformAbstract
Intangibility clauses, as explicit material limits to constitutional reforms, were exceptional in early constitutionalism. However, the Constitution of the Republic of (the Gran) Colombia of 1821 contained such provisions. It is interesting to investigate the reasons for their absence in early constitutionalism and, in contrast, for their precursory presence in the Constitution of 1821. It is also important to clarify the foundations and scope, the antecedents and destiny of the intangibility clauses of 1821, which in part survived for a considerable time in Constitutions of the (embryonic) countries that founded that Republic: New Granada, Venezuela and the Presidency of Quito.
Enviado el (Submission Date): 11/02/2025
Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 22/04/2025
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