Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle... / Constitutional Documents of Portugal and Spain 1808–1845 / Textos constitucionais de Portugal e Espanha 1808–1845 / Textos constitucionales de Portugal y España 1808–1845 / Verfassungsdokumente Portugals und Spaniens 1808–1845

This volume includes31 constitutions, constitutional drafts and amendments illustrating the checkered political history of Spain in the first half of the 19th century. It begins with the „Estatuto de Bayona“ (Bayonne Statute) imposed by the French in 1808 and continues with the„Constitucion politica de la Monarquia Española“ (Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy), the first independent constitution of Spain, which was drawn up in Cadiz in 1812. Subsequently, it also includes the „Constitución de la Monarquía Española“ (Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy) of 1845. Nine constitutional documents from Portugal between 1808 and 1838 round off the Constitutional Documents of Portugal and Spain 1808–1845.