Constitution of the Kingdom of Spain (1978)

Download or read book Constitution of the Kingdom of Spain (1978) written by Anonymous and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spanish Constitution of 1978 (Spanish: Constitución española de 1978) is the current supreme law of the legal system of the Kingdom of Spain to which the public authority and citizens of Spain are subject. It was enacted after the country's 1978 constitutional referendum and is a furtherance of the Spanish transition to democracy. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 was preceded by numerous other constitutions. The Constitution was ratified after a referendum on 6 December 1978, sanctioned by King Juan Carlos I on 27 December, and published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado on 29 December. The promulgation of the Constitution marked the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of the former head of state, Francisco Franco, in 20th November 1975. This led to the country undergoing a series of political, social and historical changes that transformed the Francoist regime into a democratic state. The separation of powers is implicitly stated throughout the Constitution, which says that all people have the right to decide the representatives who will occupy the Cortes Generales, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate; both share the legislative power. The Government, whose president is anointed by the Congress of Deputies, directs the executive power, and the judicial power relies on judges, and the Constitutional Court assures that all laws follow the Constitution. The king is the head of state and symbol of the nation. The current king is Felipe VI of Spain.