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The Constitution of Costa Rica is the supreme law of Costa Rica. At the end of the 1948 Costa Rican Civil War , José Figueres Ferrer oversaw the Costa Rican Constitutional Assembly , which drafted the document.
The Article 12 of the Constitution of Costa Rica abolishes Costa Rica's army as a permanent institution, making Costa Rica one of the first countries in the world to do so as the current Constitution was enacted in 1949. [1] Costa Rica is one of the few countries without armed forces and, alongside Panama, one of the few that is not a microstate.
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.
The article 75 of the Constitution of Costa Rica establishes Catholicism as the country's state religion making Costa Rica the only state in the Americas to do so. [note 1] Current debate about the issue and the passing toward a full secular state are in the public and political debate. This article is also the only one in the Title VI, only ...
Costa Rican Constitution of 1844; Costa Rican Constitution of 1847; Costa Rican Constitution of 1859; Costa Rican Constitution of 1869; Costa Rican Constitution of 1871; Costa Rican Constitution of 1917
The Constitution of Costa Rica was established in 1949. [10] It is composed of 177 Articles denoting the rules and principles to which Costa Ricans must comply, whilst also outlining their rights. [10] Prior to 1989, violations of the constitution were rarely acted upon by courts. [11]
The Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1871 has been the longest duration Constitution in the history of the country, as except for brief periods, it was in force between 1871 and 1949. [1]
Costa Rica’s National Constituent Assembly was formed after the 1948 civil war. Elections to the Assembly for a New Constitution were called on December 8, 1948 by the then de facto Junta provisional government presided by José Figueres. [1] The Assembly took place between January 15 and November 7, 1949.