Royal Prerogative: Difference between revisions

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The [[:en:Spanish Constitution of 1978]], Title II ''The Crown'', Article 62, delineates the powers of the king, while Title IV ''Government and Administration'', Article 99, defines the king's role in government.<ref name="Wiki Source Spa Constitution 78">[http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Constituci%C3%B3n_espa%C3%B1ola_de_1978:_04 Título II. De la Corona, Wikisource]</ref><ref name="Official website of the Royal Household">[http://www.casareal.es/laCorona/laCorona-iden-idweb.html The Royal Household of H.M. The King website]</ref><ref name="King and Prime Minister">[http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Constituci%C3%B3n_espa%C3%B1ola_de_1978:_06 Part IV Government and Administration]</ref> Title VI ''Judicial Power'', Article 117, Articles 122 through 124, outlines the king's role in the country's [[:en:Independence of the judiciary|independent judiciary]].<ref name="King and Judicary">[http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Constituci%C3%B3n_espa%C3%B1ola_de_1978:_08 Título VI. Del Poder Judicial]</ref> However, by [[:en:Constitutional convention (political custom)|constitutional convention]] established by Juan Carlos I, the king exercises his prerogatives having solicited government advice while maintaining a politically [[:en:non-partisan]] and independent monarchy. Receiving government advice does not necessarily bind the monarch into executing the advice, except where prescribed by the constitution.

*''b. To summon and dissolve the ''[[:en:Cortes Generales]]'' and to call for elections under the terms provided for in the Constitution.''