In 1984 the Journal of the Cortes Generales was published for the first time with the aim of publishing scientific work from the representative body of national sovereignty. In the spirit of the publication was the understanding that the representative status of Parliament called for its involvement in the legal and political issues of the time, concerning the general interest to society as a whole, as a useful complement to the fulfilment of the specific functions entrusted to the Chambers by the Constitution. The publication, uninterrupted since then, has maintained its interest throughout these more than thirty years in the subjects of constitutional and parliamentary law, sociology, history and political theory and, in general, in any intellectual reflection that would lead to the understanding of Parliament and its history.