Legitimidad democrática y control judicial de constitucionalidad. (Refutaciones al carácter contramayoritario del poder judicial)

This essay addresses a highly topical subject of increasing interest in Western legal mandamuses today, as focused on debating the role to be played by judges within the democratic system. This is how the problem po sed to Constitutional Law and Political Science by the socalled countermajority obje...

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Autor: Álvarez Álvarez, Fernando D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad de la Sabana
Repositorio:Repositorio Universidad de la Sabana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:10.145.21.57:10818/13404
Acceso en línea:http://dikaion.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/dikaion/article/view/1252
http://dikaion.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/dikaion/article/view/1252/1364
http://hdl.handle.net/10818/13404
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Constitucionalidad judicial
Tutela judicial
Legitimidad democrática de la constitución
Control de constitucionalidad
Proceso político democrático
Derecho constitucional
Jueces
Derechos de las personas
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Sumario:This essay addresses a highly topical subject of increasing interest in Western legal mandamuses today, as focused on debating the role to be played by judges within the democratic system. This is how the problem po sed to Constitutional Law and Political Science by the socalled countermajority objection of the Judiciary, essentially based on the fact that the judges, by not being popularly elected but rather in a very mediate manner , should not, in exercising constitutional control, become the censors of acts and omissions of the other State powers. Against this stance widely spread among academic centers in the United States, nine arguments are submitted, all leading to either neutralize or overcome this objection, and among which those of deep republican rooted politics intertwine with others closer to constitutionaltechnique questions.