The design of an alternative parliament during the constitutional triennium

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Ignacio Fernández Sarasola

Abstract

During the Constitutional Triennium (1820-1823) various constitutional
projects (both radicals and moderate) were written to show a political
alternative to the Cadiz Constitution. An essential part of the projects was
the design of a Parliament different from that included in the 1812 Constitution.
Radical projects chose to increase the parliamentary powers, aiming at a government d’assemblée influenced by French revolutionary political
thought. As for the moderate thinkers, they mainly chose a Parliament which
should be a key part to imitate the “English balanced constitution”. And that
required both decrease its powers and divide it into two chambers.

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Constitutional Triennium, Parliament, Corts of Cadiz, constitutional projects, radical liberalism, moderate liberalism

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The design of an alternative parliament during the constitutional triennium. (2020). Journal of the Cortes Generales, 108, 41-69. https://doi.org/10.33426/rcg/2020/108/1479

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