Este curso de política constitucional fue originalmente dictado por Benjamin Constant en París en 1819. En esta edición, el curso ha sido expandido y actualizado por Marcial Antonio López, quien introduce nuevas reflexiones sobre el concepto de libertad y el papel del Estado en la sociedad. La obra es una referencia importante para comprender los debates sobre la libertad y la democracia en la Europa del siglo XIX. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from Curso de Politica Constitucional, Vol. 1 T enia a' la vista su tratado de Princi pios de politica aplicables a todos los go biernos representativos, escritos en el ano 1815; pero miendo en ellos ciertas doctri nas, que quiza podian no ser aplicables a nosotros, y echando de ruer que en su Curso de politica'constitucional no solo las habia rectificado, sino tambien dado cierta extension y mucho mas runlor, por estar escritas con mucha mas meditacion; con cebi el proyecto de formar un Curso com pleto, tomando de la primera obra lo que la segunda suponia dicho anteriormente por el mismo autor, y arreglando un sis tema seguido y razonada. Hice mas toda via viendo esparcidas las doctrinas, y que sin mucha atencion no podrian combi narse bien, me resolvi tambien a hacer esta delicada operacion, creyendo que en esto ningun merito quitaba a ambas pradaccio nes, sino que por el contrario se les alc mentaba en. Algun modal. Con estas mariaciones lie coordinado una y otra obra de Benjamin Constant de este modo Un discurso preliminar, cuyo objeto es el, de dar una exacta idea de lo que es Constitucion, de su objeto, de los principios que tiene para existir, y de lo que puede in uir en su destruccion, pre-u cede a las materias que el autor ha explia cado. En seguida se trata de la soberania del pueblo de los poderes constitucionales que de ella nacen del real y sus preroga tivas, del ministerial, de sus atribuciones, nesponsabilidady sus penas; del represen tatiua, su formacion, y calidades de los: elejidos para' tan augustas funciones; y ultimamente, del poder judicial, su objeto, circunstancias de los que le desempenan, de su responsabilidad y sus penas tales son las cuestiones que comprehende el tomo primero. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Curso de Política Constitucional, Vol. 2 La direccion de los negocios de todos pertenece á todos, es decir, á sus repre sentantes y delegados pero lo que no iu teresa sino si una fraccion debe decidirse por esta misma fraccion, así como lo que no tiene conexion con el individuo no está sometido sino al individuo. Jamas dejaré mos de repetir, que la voluntad general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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