The Parliament of Catalonia, representing a millenary people (DOI: 10.2436/20.3000.02.37)

Authors

  • Marcel Mateu Vilaseca Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Keywords:

Parliament, representative function, Catalonia, Constitution, people, self-determination, democracy

Abstract

Catalonia is a millenary nation, which the current Spanish constitutional order frames as an "autonomous community". However, Catalonia as a nation was not born with the Spanish Constitution in 1978, nor has any possibility for the future been democratically barred. The most important contribution to Catalonia made by the 1978 Constitution was to make it possible for the Catalan Statute to create the Catalan Parliament, an institution that democratically represents the people of Catalonia and legally structures and channels the people's voice. The Parliament's agreement at the end of the Ninth Legislature, which declares the need for the people of Catalonia to exercise the right of self-determination, opens up a new stage in the history of Catalonia.

Key words: Parliament, representative function, Catalonia, Constitution, people, self-determination, democracy

Original source: Revista de Dret Històric Català, 13: 177-187 (2014)

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No. 7 (2017)

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Law

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