Spanish Constitution of 1837

The Spanish Constitution of 1837 was the

parliamentarism, and separation of powers

Development and characteristics

In 1836 a

La Granja de San Ildefonso (Province of Segovia) obliged the regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies to name a government dominated by the Progressive Party. That government initially superseded the Royal Statute of 1834 by reinstating the Constitution of 1812

(the "Cádiz Constitution"), and called a Constituent Cortes that was also dominated by Progressives, to develop the new Constitution of 1837.

Despite this Progressive domination of the process, the resulting constitution was roughly intermediate between the Cádiz Constitution and the Royal Statute of 1834, in hopes of gaining support from the

censitary suffrage limited the franchise to those who paid taxes of at least 200 reales

, which is to say about five percent of the population.

In 1845, under the Moderates, Spain replaced the Constitution of 1837 with a new constitution; one of the main differences was that the Constitution of 1845 narrowed the franchise to less than one percent of the population.

References

External links

(in Spanish) Text of the Spanish Constitution of 1837
[1] Constitution Of Spain] (in English)