The Gran Colombia and the first intangibility clauses in Hispanic constitutionalism

Authors

  • Jesús María Casal Hernández Instituto Max Planck de Derecho Público Comparado y Derecho Internacional

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i26.1152

Keywords:

Constitution of the Republic of Colombia of 1821, Explicit material limits to constitutional reform

Abstract

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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Published

2025-09-01