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	Cortes Generales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house, and the Senate, the upper house.
		The role of the Cortes during the Spanish Empire was mainly to rubberstamp the decisions of the ruling monarch.
		The majority in the Cortes (and thus, the Government) was held by a coalition between Azaña's party and the PSOE.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cortes_Generales (1637 words)

	Chapter 3 --The Cortes of Castile-León
		The word cortes, the plural of the vernacular cort (a translation of the Latin curia), was used in two thirteenth-century poems, the Cantar de mío Cid (lines 3129-3131) and the Poema de Fernán González (verses 564--568), to describe extraordinary assemblies, chiefly of nobles.
		Despite this, Fernando IV enacted an ordinance in the cortes in response to the bishops petitions.
		As in Castile, the cortes of Portugal and Catalonia consisted of the bishops, nobles, and representatives of the towns.
	libro.uca.edu /cortes/cortes3.htm (7536 words)

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		In default thereof, the guardian shall be appointed by the Cortes Generales, but the offices of Regent and Guardian may not be held by the same person, except by the father, mother or direct ancestors of the King.
		It is incumbent on the Cortes Generales or the Government, as the case may be, to ensure compliance with these treaties and with resolutions originating in the international and supranational organizations to which such powers have been so transferred.
		Section 144 The Cortes Generales may, in the national interest, and by an organic act: Authorize the setting-up of a Self-governing Community, where its territory does not exceed that of a province and does not possess the characteristics outlined in section 143, paragraph 1.
	www.constitucion.es /constitucion/lenguas/txt/ingles.txt (15395 words)

	Spain the Cortes
		Although each chamber of the Cortes carries out certain duties separately, many important functions are exercised by both houses, in which case they meet as the General Cortes (Cortes Generales).
		Members of the Cortes may not be members of both chambers at the same time, nor may members of the Congress of Deputies have a seat in both the Congress and a regional assembly.
		Members of the Cortes exercise their functions independently, and they are not obliged to follow the dictates of their parties' leaderships in casting their votes.
	www.country-studies.com /spain/the-cortes.html (728 words)

	Chapter 5, Cortes of Castile-León
		During the cortes of Medina del Campo 1302 Archbishop Gonzalo of Toledo and Bishop Simón of Sigüenza, acting on behalf of the pope, urged the king to seek peace with Alfonso.
		Whereas the cortes depended for its existence on the kings willingness to summon it, the yearly assemblies of the hermandades were intended to be fixed and regular.
		Mirroring the dissension that was rampant throughout the kingdom, the cortes was unable to preserve the necessary unity of government.
	libro.uca.edu /cortes/cortes5.htm (7082 words)

	General Elections. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Cortes Generales represent the Spanish people and consist of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
		The Cortes Generales exercise the legislative power of the State, approve its Budgets, control Government action and all the other powers vested in them by the Constitution.
		Title III of the Constitution, which comprises articles 66 to 80 inclusive, refers solely to the Cortes Generales, which is the constitutional term covering both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
	www.sispain.org /SiSpain/english/politics/election/general.html (214 words)

	Constitución Española. Sección la Constitución. Textos completos
		The King, on being proclaimed before the Cortes Generales, will swear to faithfully carry out his duties, to obey the Constitution and the laws and ensure that they are obeyed, and to respect the rights of citizens and the Self-governing Communities.
		The Cortes Generales may delegate to the Government the power to issue rules with the force of an act of the Parliament on specific matters not included in the foregoing section.
		The Cortes Generales, in matters of State jurisdiction, may confer upon all or any of the Self-governing Communities the power to pass legislation for themselves within the framework of the principles, bases and guidelines laid down by a State act.
	www.constitucion.es /constitucion/lenguas/ingles.html (13221 words)

	Constitución de Cádiz de 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		En las discusiones de las Cortes, y en todo lo demás que pertenezca a su gobierno y orden interior, se observará el reglamento que se forme por estas Cortes generales y extraordinarias, sin perjuicio de las reformas que las sucesivas tuvieren por conveniente hacer en él.
		Establecerán las Cortes por medio de las respectivas ordenanzas todo lo relativo a la disciplina, orden de ascensos, sueldos, administración y cuanto corresponda a la buena constitución del ejército y armada.
		Las Cortes en sus primeras sesiones tomarán en consideración las infracciones de la Constitución, que se les hubieren hecho presentes, para poner el conveniente remedio y hacer efectiva la responsabilidad de los que hubieren contravenido a ella.
	html.rincondelvago.com /constitucion-de-cadiz-de-1812_1.html (13315 words)

	Unequal Marriages in Spain: the Pragmática of 1776
		In 1814 the French were expelled from Spain and Ferdinand VII returned to the throne (the Cortes of Cadiz had recognized Carlos IV's abdication, but not that of Ferdinand VII); he immediately disowned the Cortes of Cadiz and, by a proclamation of May 4, 1814, annulled all of their decrees and promulgations.
		During the transition period that followed, the existing Cortes were persuaded to pass a law of political reform (November 1976) that paved the way for the peaceful and free election of a democratic Cortes in June 1977.
		The Cortes of Cadiz carefully considered their history and their laws, and the clauses of their constitution embody the law of succession as it was understood, including, notably, the repeal of the law of 1713 and the return to mixed succession.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/pragmatica.htm (7060 words)

	Spain. The spanish constitution - TITLE III - Concerning the Cortes Generales
		The members of the Cortes Generales shall not be bound by a compulsory mandate.
		The decisions of the Cortes Generales outlined in Articles 94,1, 145,2 and 158,2 shall be passed by majority vote of each of the Houses.
		On the expiration of the term of the Cortes Generales, or in case of dissolution, the Permanent Committees shall continue to perform their functions until the new Cortes Generales are constituted.
	www.runiga.com /ingles/home.php?pageid=19 (1333 words)

	The Royal Household of His Majesty the King _ Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		If the King becomes incapacitated for the exercise of his authority, and this incapacity is recognized by the Cortes Generales, the Crown Prince shall immediately assume the powers of the Regency, if he is of age.
		In default thereof, the guardian shall be appointed by the Cortes Generales, but the offices of Regent and Guardian may not be held by the same person, except by the father, mother or direct ascendants of the King.
		The King, on being proclaimed before the Cortes Generales, shall take oath to discharge his duties faithfully, to abide by the Constitution and the law and ensure that they are abided by, and to respect the rights of citizens and the Autonomous Communities.
	www.casareal.es /ingles/laCorona/lacorona.html (1692 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Core Document - Spain
		The Cortes Generales exercise the legislative power of the State, approve its budgets, control government action and hold all the other powers vested in them by the Constitution.
		The members of the Cortes Generales are elected by universal, free, equal, direct and secret ballot.
		Pursuant to article 54 of the Constitution, the People's Advocate is "a High Commissioner of the Cortes Generales, appointed to defend the rights of the individual and authorized to supervise the activities of the Administration and to report on them to the Cortes Generales".
	www.unhchr.ch /TBS/doc.nsf/e121f32fbc58faafc1256a2a0027ba24/6b7e0764ef17eeda41256324004b90bb?OpenDocument (3377 words)

	Congreso - Libreros Reunidos, S.L.
		Las Cortes Generales asumieron en la 8ª Conferencia de Presidentes de Parlamentos Iberoamericanos, celebrada en Madrid en mayo de 1997, el compromiso de reeditar esta revista, después de un paréntesis de inactividad de seis años, como instrumento al servicio de la Comunidad iberoamericana y de sus Parlamentos.
		Quinta edición (edición preparada por Piedad García-Escudero Márquez, Letrada de las Cortes Generales; revisada y puesta al día por Manuel Cavero Gómez, Letrado de las Cortes Generales, a 15 de diciembre de 1998).
		Séptima edición (edición preparada por Piedad García-Escudero Márquez, Letrada de las Cortes Generales, revisada y puesta al día por Manuel Cavero Gómez, Letrado de las Cortes Generales, a 17 de octubre de 2000).
	www.barataria.com /congreso.html (7038 words)

	Constitución Española
		Corresponde a las Cortes Generales o al Gobierno, según los casos, la garantía del cumplimiento de estos tratados y de las resoluciones emanadas de los organismos internacionales o supranacionales titulares de la cesión.
		Los Presupuestos Generales del Estado tendrán carácter anual, incluirán la totalidad de los gastos e ingresos del sector público estatal y en ellos se consignará el importe de los beneficios fiscales que afecten a los tributos del Estado.
		Las Cortes Generales, en materias de competencia estatal, podrán atribuir a todas o a alguna de las Comunidades Autónomas la facultad de dictar, para sí mismas, normas legislativas en el marco de los principios, bases y directrices fijados por la ley estatal.
	www33.brinkster.com /ppayala/documentos/constitucion.htm (12897 words)

	World Homes Network - Spain
		The Cortes consists of two chambers, the chamber of deputies, with 350 members, and the senate, with 257.
		Later, the Cortes approved bills lifting restrictions on political meetings, a revised amendment to the Penal Code was passed, and Adolfo Suárez replaced Navarro as prime minister.
		The inaugural session of the Cortes was opened by the king on 22 July.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/western/Spain/spain.htm (1934 words)

	Autonomías (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Las Cortes Generales, mediante ley orgánica, podrán, por motivos de interés nacional, autorizar o acordar, en su caso, un Estatuto de Autonomía para territorios que no estén integrados en la organización provincial.
		Las Cortes Generales, en materias de competencia estatal, podrán atribuir a todas o a alguna de las Comunidades Autónomas, la facultad de dictar, para sí mismas, normas legislativas en el marco de los principios, bases y directrices fijados por una ley estatal.
		Corresponde a las Cortes Generales, por mayoría absoluta de cada Cámara, la apreciación de esta necesidad».
	html.rincondelvago.com /autonomias.html (9224 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Equally significant was the complicated sequence of indirect votes for representatives to municipal councils, provincial deputations (delegations to advise the viceroy or captain general…), and the Cortes.
		To elect the Cortes deputies, for example, citizens elected a parish representative to a meeting at the 'partido' level; these delegates would elect a representative to a provincial electoral junta that would in turn choose the deputies and their substitutes" (page 57).
		August 1999: "On March 1, 1878 the Spanish decree on the application to Cuba of the Spanish provincial and municipal laws was adopted.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/cuba/1800.html (7321 words)

	SPAIN
		The annual Report which the Court of Audit is required to submit to the Cortes Generales under article one hundred and thirty-six, paragraph two of the Constitution shall incorporate an analysis of the General Statements of Accounts of the State and the rest of the public sector.
		The President and the Counsellors of the Court may only be removed from office upon expiry of their mandate, by resignation accepted by the Cortes Generales, or through incapacity, conflict of interests or serious neglect of the duties of office.
		In the terms laid down for such matters by the Regulations of the Cortes Generales, a Mixed Commission shall be formed from both Houses for the purpose of leasing with the Court of Audit and of examining and recommending the appropriate measures and regulations to the Full Assemblies of the respective Houses.
	www.nao.org.uk /intosai/edp/mandates/mandates/Mandates/Spain.html (3216 words)

	Cortes espaÃ±olas - Wikipedia en espaÃ±ol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Las Cortes fueron una instituciÃ³n tÃpicamente medieval espaÃ±ola, integrada por los representantes de los estamentos: clero, nobleza y representantes de las ciudades.
		En 1942, la Ley de 17 de julio crea unas Cortes que son un simple Ã³rgano de preparaciÃ³n y elaboraciÃ³n de las leyes, ya que su aprobaciÃ³n es responsabilidad exclusiva del Jefe de Estado.
		Las Cortes Generales, dice el artÃculo 66 de la ConstituciÃ³n, representan al pueblo espaÃ±ol, ejercen la potestad legislativa del Estado, aprueban sus Presupuestos, controlan la acciÃ³n del Gobierno y son inviolables.
	www.brujula.net /wiki/Cortes (668 words)

	LawRunner Spain: The Constitution of Spain / La Constitución Española de 27 de diciembre de 1978
		Una ley orgánica regulara la institución del Defensor del Pueblo, como alto comisionado de las Cortes Generales, designado por éstas para la defensa de los derechos comprendidos en este Titulo, a cuyo efecto podrá supervisar la actividad de la Administración, dando cuenta a las Cortes Generales.
		Extinguidas todas las líneas llamadas en Derecho, las Cortes Generales proveerán a la sucesión en la Corona en la forma que mas convenga a los intereses de España.
		Las decisiones de las Cortes Generales previstas en los artículos 94, 1, 145,2, y 158,2, se adoptarán por mayoría de cada una de las Cámaras.
	www.ilrg.com /nations/es/const-es.html (12259 words)

	Elecciones Generales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Las Cortes Generales representan al pueblo español y están formadas por el Congreso de los Diputados y el Senado.
		Las Cortes Generales ejercen la potestad legislativa del Estado, aprueban sus presupuestos, controlan la acción del Gobierno y tienen las demás competencias que les atribuya la Constitución.
		El Título III de la Constitución, que comprende los artículos 60 a 80 inclusive, está dedicado en su totalidad al las Cortes Generales, que es el término constitucional que abarca tanto al Congreso de los Diputados como al Senado.
	www.sispain.org /SiSpain/spanish/politics/election/general.html (214 words)

	IPEX - Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange: Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The authorisation to conclude EU Treaties (primary EU law) requires an Organic Act enacted by the Cortes Generales.
		The legislative procedure related to the Organic Bill usually requires a report by the Committee of Foreign Affairs before being debated and voted by the Plenary of the Congress of Deputies.
		The Cortes Generales participate in the EU normative procedures through the Bicameral Congress-Senate Commission.
	www.ecprd.org /ipex/spain_congress.asp (883 words)

	Cortes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cortes Generales ("General Courts"), usually just las Cortes, national legislative assembly of Spain
		Cortes, Navarre, village in the South border of Navarre, Spain
		Cortes, Surigao del Sur, municipality in the Philippines
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cortes (144 words)

	constitucion espa—ola de 1978
		Extinguidas todas las líneas llamadas en derecho, las Cortes Generales proveerán a la sucesión en la Corona en la forma que más convenga a los intereses de España.
		Las Cámaras se reunirán en sesión conjunta para ejercer las competencias no legislativas que el Título III atribuye expresamente a las Cortes Generales.
		Las decisiones de las Cortes Generales previstas en los artículos 94,1; 145, 2, y 158, 2, se adoptarán por mayoría de cada una de las Cámaras.
	www.cibernous.com /perifericos/textos/costitucion3.html (2938 words)

	Spanish Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Aprobada la reforma por las cortes generales, será sometida a referéndum para su ratificación cuando así lo soliciten, dentro de los quince días siguientes a su aprobación, una décima parte de los miembros de cualquiera de las Cámaras.
		Il incombe aux Cortes générales ou au Gouvernement, selon les cas, de garantir l’exécution de ces traités et des résolutions émanant des organismes internationaux ou supranationaux qui bénéficient de la cession de compétences.
		Une fois approuvée par les Cortes générales, la révision est soumise à ratification par voie de référendum lorsque, dans les quinze jours qui suivent son approbation, un dixième des membres de l’une des Chambres en fait la demande.
	www.uc3m.es /uc3m/inst/MGP/NCR/spain11.htm (2284 words)

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