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The Constitution of Uruguay (Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last amendment was made in 2004. Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of the three-year-long Cisplatine War in which Argentina and Uruguay acted as a ...
The Constitution of Uruguay (Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last amendment was made in 2004. Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of the three-year-long Cisplatine War in which Argentina and Uruguay acted as a ...
The 1830 constitution has been regarded as Uruguay's most technically perfect charter. Heavily influenced by the thinking of the French and American revolutions, it divided the government among the executive, legislative, and judicial powers and established Uruguay as a unitary republic with a centralized form of government.
The 1967 Constitution was practically suppressed during all the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. After democratically elected President Julio María Sanguinetti assumed power on 1 March 1985, the Constitution was back in vigor. And soon afterwards started an ever-lasting demand for constitutional reform.
The new constitution abolished the National Council of Administration and transferred its powers to the President, [3] with President also becoming the head of government. [2] Other changes included the Senate being equally divided between the two parties receiving the most votes, and allowing the public to propose constitutional amendments ...
The 1997 Constitution of Uruguay refers to the 1967 Constitution with amendments. Its actual name should be: the Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay , with the amendments as approved in popular plebiscites of 26 November 1989 , of 26 November 1994 , of 8 December 1996 , and of 31 October 2004 . [ 1 ]
The Civil Code of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: Código Civil de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is a systematic collection of Uruguayan laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law such as for dealing with business and negligence lawsuits and practices.
Uruguay adopted its current constitution in 1967. [78] [79] ... English is the most widespread foreign language among the Uruguayan people, ...