Democracy and Monarchy in the constituent debate of 1978

Abstract

Spain was established in 1978 as a Social and Democratic State of Law under a monarchical Head of State. In that process he faced the historical doctrinal conflict over the terms and meanings of the monarchy and its linkage with democracy. Although the Republican parties were not legalized for the first elections, there were Republican amendments and the larger parties on the left, the Communist and the Socialist showed their position on the question of the monarchy and the republic. This article analyzes the constituent debate to discover the ideas of monarchy that were discussed in 1978, as well as its fit into democracy as an alternative to the republic.

Keywords

• democracia
• monarquía
• debate constituyente
• poder moderador, forma de gobierno, forma de estado, monarquía constitucional, monarquia parlamentaria / democracy, monarchy, constituent debate
• moderating power
• form of government
• form of state
• constitutio