La ley para la reforma política: Memoria y legitimidad en los inicios de la transición Española a la democracia

Abstract

The 1/1977 Law of January 4, for Political Reform (LPR), was a key political piece at the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy, as well as a legal instrument that allowed the institutional dismantling of the Francoist regime and the transition to a democratic system. This paper analyzes the different phases of the legislative iter and its difficulties, the risky bet on the LPR of Adolfo Suárez and his Government, including the study of the campaign to its ratification by referendum, and giving special attention to the debate between legality and legitimacy and the role played by the memory of the Civil War in the process of elaboration and passing of this Law.