Understanding the Spanish Constitution and Its Principles

- National sovereignty resides in the Spanish town. (The laws are determined through representatives in Parliament).
- The Constitution is based on the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation. (The territory cannot be separated) (Indissoluble: you cannot separate).
- The way politics is the parliamentary monarchy. (The form of government in which the king serves as the Head of State under the control of the legislature (Parliament) and judiciary (government), that is, the King reigns but does not govern).
- Castilian is the official state language. The other Spanish languages are also official in their respective autonomous communities.
- The state capital is the city of Madrid.
- Citizens and public authorities are subject to the Constitution and other legislation.

1.4 Título I. Of Fundamental Rights and Duties.

The Ombudsperson Pueblo. Protecting and defending the fundamental rights and civil liberties of citizens. It was created as a high commissioner of the Cortes Generales, to which it must be accountable.

1.5 Título II. Crown.
Parliamentary Monarchy: The form of government where the king acts as the Head of State under the control of the legislature (Parliament) and judiciary (government), that is, the king reigns but does not govern.
The person of the King is inviolable and not subject to liability. It means that their actions need to be restrained by the president of Congress. Through the endorsement (tbc), it transfers the responsibility to act refrendantes.

ITEM 1: The Spanish Constitution. Parts I, II, and III
1.1 El Rule of Law.

Based on the rule of law, separation of powers into legislative, executive, and judicial control of government and the rule of law in the proceedings of the Administration.
Rule of Law: social and democratic state of law, which holds as superior values of its legal freedom, justice, equality, and political pluralism.
Social Status: they are stating that the State should not only respect and enhance the exercise of rights and individual and collective freedoms, but must ensure to provide citizens with the means to live in dignity, to achieve social welfare and achieve a fairer society.
Democratic State: it wants to assert that the laws should guarantee the rights and freedoms of individuals, leading to a community based on universal suffrage, free, direct, and secret.
Division of State Powers.
Branches of Government:
- Legislative: Parliament.
- Executive: Government.
- Judiciary: Judges and magistrates.

1.2 The Spanish Constitution.
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is our fundamental law. The Constitution takes precedence over other laws. Since the Constitution must develop the other rules and laws, and subject her citizens and public authorities. No law may contradict it.
1.3 Título Preliminary.

- Spain is a social and democratic state of law.