This study investigates the conceptual contributions made by Spanish MPs in the course of the constitutional debate of 1931 by assuming, as a research approach, an interdisciplinary stance combining conceptual history, political theory, and parliamentary constitutional history.

Francisco J. Bellido PhD in social sciences (2020, Jyväskylä) and in philosophy (2022, Málaga), is a postdoctoral researcher currently based at the University of Málaga working on political philosophy, parliamentarism, constitutionalism, and conceptual history.

Introduction / Chapter 1: Debating the Meanings of a Democratic State (August to October 1931) / Chapter 2: Reforms towards a Social State (September to October 1931) / Chapter 3: Legal and Political Controversies around the Conceptualization of Freedom of Conscience (September to November 1931) / Chapter 4: Property Rights and the Limits to State Action (September to October 1931) / Chapter 5: Parliament and the President of the Republic (October to November 1931) / Chapter 6: Conclusions / Bibliography