La disolución de los cuerpos de gobierno de Álava, Gipuzkoa y Bizkaia, la implantación del servicio militar y el nacimiento de los Conciertos Económicos

Abstract

Testuak Arabako, Gipuzkoako eta BizkaikThe text examines the legal framework of Araba, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia in the period between the enactment of the law of 21 July 1876, abolishing Basque fueros or special charters, and the approval of the First Economic Agreement by Royal Decree of 28 February 1878. It focuses on three aspects in particular: the replacement of the provincial political institutions founded under the auspices of the fueros by a common regime of provincial political institutions; the abolition of the Basque military system and the introduction of compulsory military service; and the abolition of the Basque tax system and the central government’s initial attempt to bring tax collection in the Basque territories into line with all the other crown territories, leading to the birth of the so-called Economic Agreements for the Basque provinces, a system that has survived to the present day and constitutes one of the most important distinguishing characteristics of the Basque Country.