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
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 1949-2020 Second Costa Rican Republic

References
  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. ISBN 9789968316590.
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