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Reflections on constitutional manipulation

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  • Néstor Pedro Sagüés Profesor de Derecho Constitucional. Universidad Católica Argentina
No. 66 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.5354/rdpu.v0i66.41656

Abstract

The issue of constitutional manipulation is nothing new, and it already appears with the first document with a constitutional physiognomy of the West, that is, the English Instrument of Government, of 1653. Its art. VIII determined that "neither the next Parliament to be convened, nor any subsequent Parliament, will be, during the period of five months, counting from the day of its first meeting, suspended, extended or dissolved, without its own consent." The expression "five months" was perversely interpreted by Oliver Cromwell to mean lunar months, and not "solar" months, as was (and is) the common and normal usage of the word "month." dissolve the Legislative Power a few days before the time that really corresponded to be able to close it.

Keywords:

Constitutional manipulation, Constitution, Constitutional Law

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Sagüés, N. P. (2016). Reflections on constitutional manipulation. Revista De Derecho Público, (66), Págs. 11–23. https://doi.org/10.5354/rdpu.v0i66.41656
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