Portuguese Constitutional History. From the Old Iberian Liberties to the Carnation Revolution
Portuguese Constitutional History. From the Old Iberian Liberties to the Carnation Revolution

Summary/Abstract: From its foundation in 1143 to present times, Portugal has been a country very rich in constitutional events. Without intending to cover in detail the long period between the XII century and present times, this article aims rather to take an overview of Portuguese Constitutional History until the present (presided by the Constitution of 1976, with its few amendments). It begins with a glimpse of the pre-liberal, historical constitution(s) as well as the liberal monarchical ones, but it concentrates primarily upon two more recent constitutional texts: the 1911 republican constitution, and the 1933 authoritarian constitution. This last one would die in the carnation revolution in 1974, the mother of the present constitution text, which dates from 1976.

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