List of constitutions of Costa Rica

Costa Rica has possessed multiple and very varied constitutional bodies.[1]

The Constitutional Assemblies of Costa Rica have been, in almost all cases, convened after a coup d'état or armed conflict, since it is the custom in Costa Rica that when a government is deposed, an Assembly will be convened to draft a new constitutional body that legitimizes the new regime. This was true from the first Constituent Congress of the State of Costa Rica convened shortly after the independence of Central America until the most recent National Constituent Assembly of 1949, which occurred after the Civil War of 1948.[2]

Constitution  | Validity  | State

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Cadiz Constitution | 1812-1814 and 1820-1821  | Diputación of the Spanish Empire
Pact of Concord | 1821-1823  | Province of Costa Rica, at least nominally member of the First Mexican Empire
First Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica | 1823
Second Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica | 1823-1824  | Federal Republic of Central America
Basis of the Federal Constitution  | 1823-1824
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Central America  | 1824-1838
Fundamental Law of the State of Costa Rica | 1825-1838
Decree of Basis and Guarantees | 1841-1842  | Free State of Costa Rica
Costa Rican Constitution of 1844 | 1844-1846  | First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 1847 | 1847-1848
Reformed Constitution of 1848 | 1848-1859
Costa Rican Constitution of 1859 | 1859-1868
Costa Rican Constitution of 1869 | 1869-1870
Costa Rican Constitution of 1871 | 1871-1876
1882-1917
1919-1949
Costa Rican Constitution of 1917 | 1917-1919
Costa Rican Constitution of 1949 | 1949-2024  | Second Costa Rican Republic

## References[edit]

1. ^ Arce Goméz, Celín (May–August 2011). "Notas sobre la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de 1949". Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas. Nº125: 31–78.
2. ^ Arce Gómez, Celín (2008). El abuso interpretativo de la sala constitucional. EUNED. ISBN 9789968316590.

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