Exclusion of non-state-wide-parties from the Spanish Constitution amendment process in 2011

Abstract

The paper’s main research aim is to verify the assumption that the way the Spanish Constitution was amended in 2011 means a rupture with the over 40-year-old political principle of including all parties represented in the Cortes Generales in this process. It is also indicated what disruptions it might cause in the operation of the Spanish political system. The source material selected for analysis consists of Spanish official journals and press from 2011. The applied research methods are the legal-institutional analysis and the comparative approach.