Costa Rica has possessed multiple and very varied constitutional bodies.
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.
Constitution Validity StateCadiz Constitution1812-1814 and 1820-1821Diputación of the Spanish EmpirePact of Concord1821-1823Province of Costa Rica, at least nominally member of the First Mexican EmpireFirst Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica 1823Second Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica1823-1824Federal Republic of Central AmericaBasis of the Federal Constitution1823-1824Constitution of the Federal Republic of Central America1824-1838Fundamental Law of the State of Costa Rica1825-1838Decree of Basis and Guarantees1841-1842Free State of Costa RicaCosta Rican Constitution of 18441844-1846First Costa Rican RepublicCosta Rican Constitution of 18471847-1848Reformed Constitution of 18481848-1859Costa Rican Constitution of 18591859-1868Costa Rican Constitution of 18691869-1870Costa Rican Constitution of 18711871-18761882-19171919-1949Costa Rican Constitution of 19171917-1919Costa Rican Constitution of 19491949-Second Costa Rican Republic
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