Abstract
This article traces the impact of the 1812 Cadiz Constitution on the native population of the Philippines. It analyzes the contradictions that the constitution posed to the juridical status of natives who were granted citizenship rights and explores how the natives received the charter through the constitutional oath, a civic festival whereby local subjects swore fealty to the charter. It analyzes the Spanish legal culture that sustained the special legal regime granted to natives since the late sixteenth century, the debates that originated in the Cortes de Cadiz, and the modified version of the constitution that was created to dovetail with local realities. KEYWORDS: CADIZ CONSTITUTION • CONSTITUTIONAL OATH • RITUALS OF RULE • CITIZENSHIP • SPANISH LEGAL CULTURE
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