Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Go directly to the TableSpain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions. The current Magna Carta of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The idea of a national constitution for Spain arose from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen initiated as a result of the French Revolution The earliest document recognized as such was La Pepa passed in 1812 as a result of the Peninsular War (1807–1814), which was a military conflict between the First French Empire and the allied powers of the Spanish Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.During Franco's dictatorship, there were many attempts to create stable institutions that did not (at least directly) emanate from the dictator as they did in the post-war period. The Fundamental Laws of the Realm (Spanish: Leyes Fundamentales del Reino) were a constitution in parts enacted through nearly 20 years starting in the 1950s. They established the very institutions that would later, under Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, commit \"constitutional suicide\" and pass the Political Reform Act, starting the Spanish transition to democracy. Most of those Laws theoretically provided for a quite free state, much in the fashion the Soviet constitutions granted many freedoms, but ultimately the power of the Caudillo was supreme.Finally, the constitution in force is similar to the (unwritten) British democratic monarchy model, but the Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014 has provoked calls for an entirely democratic federal republican model.Below there is a comprehensive table, but this is an overview: 1808–1814 Napoleonic restructuring from royal edict to bicameral parliament (progressive) 1812 La Pepa The first attempt at decentralization or republicanism (progressive) 1814 La Pepa derogated by (conservative) king 1834 Absolute monarchy (conservative) 1837 Constitutional monarchy (progressive) 1845 Regency empowerment (conservative) 1856 Failed attempt at democracy (progressive) 1869 Another failed attempt at democracy (progressive) 1873 1st Democratic Republic (progressive) 1876 Failed attempt to become a federal republic (conservative) 1931 2nd Democratic Republic (progressive) 1936 Martial law (Franco – conservative) 1939 – 1978 Franco Dictatorship (conservative) 1978 Transition to democratic monarchy (progressive)Conservative = Regression to monarchic or dictatorial rule. Progressive = towards democracy↑"@en }
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- List_of_Constitutions_of_Spain abstract "Go directly to the TableSpain has proclaimed a number of Constitutions. The current Magna Carta of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The idea of a national constitution for Spain arose from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen initiated as a result of the French Revolution The earliest document recognized as such was La Pepa passed in 1812 as a result of the Peninsular War (1807–1814), which was a military conflict between the First French Empire and the allied powers of the Spanish Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.During Franco's dictatorship, there were many attempts to create stable institutions that did not (at least directly) emanate from the dictator as they did in the post-war period. The Fundamental Laws of the Realm (Spanish: Leyes Fundamentales del Reino) were a constitution in parts enacted through nearly 20 years starting in the 1950s. They established the very institutions that would later, under Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, commit \"constitutional suicide\" and pass the Political Reform Act, starting the Spanish transition to democracy. Most of those Laws theoretically provided for a quite free state, much in the fashion the Soviet constitutions granted many freedoms, but ultimately the power of the Caudillo was supreme.Finally, the constitution in force is similar to the (unwritten) British democratic monarchy model, but the Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014 has provoked calls for an entirely democratic federal republican model.Below there is a comprehensive table, but this is an overview: 1808–1814 Napoleonic restructuring from royal edict to bicameral parliament (progressive) 1812 La Pepa The first attempt at decentralization or republicanism (progressive) 1814 La Pepa derogated by (conservative) king 1834 Absolute monarchy (conservative) 1837 Constitutional monarchy (progressive) 1845 Regency empowerment (conservative) 1856 Failed attempt at democracy (progressive) 1869 Another failed attempt at democracy (progressive) 1873 1st Democratic Republic (progressive) 1876 Failed attempt to become a federal republic (conservative) 1931 2nd Democratic Republic (progressive) 1936 Martial law (Franco – conservative) 1939 – 1978 Franco Dictatorship (conservative) 1978 Transition to democratic monarchy (progressive)Conservative = Regression to monarchic or dictatorial rule. Progressive = towards democracy↑".