The King in the Constitution of 1978: the role of the Monarchy in a Democracy with claim of veracity

Authors

  • Eloy García Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.105.2019.25266

Keywords:

Neutral King, Credibility, Legitimacy, Function, Democracy, Consensus, Neutrality.

Abstract

The study tries to explain that the only Spanish monarchy fundamentation
is its democratic functionality, so that the king performs his dual task of integrating consensus and improving the performance of State institutions better than a Republic President. The king must act with neutrality ensuring from his neutral condition the proper functioning of democracy. To do so he must be credible.

Summary

I. IT´S POSSIBLE A KING IN DEMOCRACY? A. The monarchy as democratic absurdity, its nonsense in an igualitary society. B. The Monarchy legitimacy and credibility in the current Spanish democratic moment. C. The Monarchy in a Constitution that emerged as an «evolutionary achievement». II. SPANISH PARLIAMENTARY MONARQUY IN
ITS CONCRETE MEANING. A. Monarchy and political modernity: The Monarchy legitimacy and identity 1. The king as a life-vital and institution. 2. The king as an expression of a monopolize political State. 3. The duties of the neutral king in a democratic Constitution. III. THE MONARCHY´S STRUCTURE AND DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONALITY.
A. The Abduction as an extraordinary mechanism of responsibility and the constitutional status of the king. B. The acts of the monarch in relation to the other constitutional organs. Article 99 of the Constitution.

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Author Biography

Eloy García, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Departamento de Derecho Constitucional. Facultad de  Derecho. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n. 28040 Madrid

Published

2019-07-16

How to Cite

García, E. (2019). The King in the Constitution of 1978: the role of the Monarchy in a Democracy with claim of veracity. Revista de Derecho Político, 1(105), 19–55. https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.105.2019.25266

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ESTUDIOS/STUDIES

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