NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE CONSTITUTION OF CADIZ

This paper makes a comparison between the principle of national sovereignty, constitutionalism itself (not the so-called "constitution" or "fundamental laws" of the Old Regime) and the first Spanish Constitution, de1812. To do this, first, it is discarded as inadequate theory differentiates national sovereignty and popular sovereignty, then figure the difference between more or less democratic constitutions in the concept of citizenship, which is used to split the active citizenship. Discussed below constituent power as a byproduct of sovereignty, the more or less universal suffrage and representation model representative office closest to that imperative. This analysis concludes that the Constitution of Cadiz joined, in varying doses, all these elements of constitutionalism and highlights the most significant texts about.