“Cuando las provincias de allende los mares sean llamadas por la Constitución” (Acerca del estatus constitucional de Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas, 1837- 1898)
Abstract
This article discusses the relationship between constitution and colonies in Spain. Since 1837, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines were expressly excluded from the formal constitutions of the metropolis. Differently to the type of constitutionalism from which they were expelled, the colonies, however, seemed to retain a real and material constitution, defined by geographers with geographic criteria, which ultimately served to uphold the whole political discourse concerning the particularities of nations overseas as well as to justify, in constitutional terms, their exclusion from the series of Spanish constitutions until the final crumble of their colonial regime in 1898.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cuban History and Society
Historical Studies in Latin America
Philippine History and Culture
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Giornale di storia costituzionale
- Publisher
- EUM - Edizioni Università di Macerata
- Volume
- 25
- Pages
- 61–78
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026