Da Constituição do Estado Novo Português
Abstract
After the military putsch of 1926, that put an end to the Portuguese democratic and parliamentary republic, the new regime waited until 1933 to submit a constitutional project to referendum. This was wisely prepared by a frenetic legislative and institutional activity during the previous year, and the result would be naturally a victory of the “yes”, although the precise results still remain controversial. The abstentions counted as favourable votes… The Constitution of 1933, in its final text, approved by the referendum, is less anti-liberal, anti-parliamentary, and anti-democratic than the regime’s ideological premises would impose. But the ulterior constitutional practice of Salazar’s “Estado Novo” would “correct” in practice those “semantic” aspects…
Suggested Citation
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha. "Da Constituição do Estado Novo Português" Revista Electrónica de História Constitucional 7 (2006): 187-207.
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