La libertad de imprenta, verdadero vehículo de las luces. Análisis de la libertad de imprenta en la Constitución de 1812 y el Código Penal de 1822

Abstract

The recognition of freedom of the press is one of the great achievements of the 1812 Constitution, which implies the abolition of censorship and with it the possibility of publishing all sorts of writing without the need for prior checking. However, press freedom is limited to politics, as it continues to subsist prior censorship for religious writings and with it the possibility of criminal responsibility (particularly strict) for those who publish without the permission of the Church, which is difficult to understand in a liberal courts that sought to end the absolutism of the Ancien regim.