Draft:State constitutions in Brazil
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In Brazil, each state has its own written constitution.
First constitutions - States started having their own constitutions after the creation of the national constitution of 1891. Noted in title 3 Dos Estados Art. 63. which states that "Cada Estado reger-se-ha pela Constituição e pelas leis que adoptar, respeitados os principios constitucionaes da União."[3][non-primary source needed]
Provinces of Brazil -> States of Brazil &
Neutral Municipality -> Federal District of Brazil (1891–1960)
Guanabara eventually
Latest constitutions - All states[citation needed] adopted new constitutions after the creation of the national constitution of 1988, the current constitution. Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act Article 11 states have 1 year to draft their state constitutions.
List of constitutions
[edit]The following is a list of the current constitutions of the states in Brazil. Each entry shows the ordinal number of the current constitution, the name of the current constitution, and the date on which the current constitution took effect.
State constitutions
[edit]Organic laws
[edit]Not states so don't use constitutions but instead Leis orgânicas (organic law)
Organic Law of the Distrito Federal
Organic Law of Fernando de Noronha
Former subdivisions
[edit]Guanabara had its own constitutions while it was a state. The Federal territories were governed directly by the federal government
Constitution of the state of Guanabara
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gonçalves Couto, Cláudio; Luan Absher-Bellon, Gabriel (Mar–Apr 2018). "Imitação ou Coerção? Constituições Estaduais e Centralização Federativa no Brasil" [Imitation or Coercion? State Constitutions and Federative Centralization in Brazil]. Revista de Administração Pública (in Portuguese). 52 (2): 321–344. doi:10.1590/0034-761220170061. ISSN 0034-7612.
- ^ Sgarbossa, Luís Fernando; Bittencourt, Laura Cabrelli (2019-05-12). "30 anos das constituições estaduais no Brasil e os direitos fundamentais estaduais". Revista do Instituto de Direito Constitucional e Cidadania. 4 (1): 90–116. doi:10.48159/revistadoidcc.v4n1.sgarbossa.bittencourt. ISSN 2596-0075.
- ^ "Legislação Informatizada - CONSTITUIÇÃO DE 1891 - Publicação Original".
External links
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