Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain

In Spain, Title VI of the Constitution considers the Supreme Court the highest judicial body in all orders, except for the provisions concerning constitutional guarantees, while art. 1 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court considers the Constitutional Court as the supreme interpreter of the...

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Autor: Tenorio Sánchez, Pedro Julio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:5605.04 Derecho constitucional
Constitutional Court
Supreme Court
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spelling Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in SpainTenorio Sánchez, Pedro Julio5605.04 Derecho constitucionalConstitutional CourtSupreme CourtIn Spain, Title VI of the Constitution considers the Supreme Court the highest judicial body in all orders, except for the provisions concerning constitutional guarantees, while art. 1 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court considers the Constitutional Court as the supreme interpreter of the Constitution. ach court should act as “supreme court” in its respective field, the Constitutional Court in the field of interpretation of the Constitution and the Supreme Court as far as the interpretation of ordinary legality is concerned. This is a widely accepted approach, both by the doctrine and even by the Constitutional Court. But as it is well known, sometimes the boundaries between the Constitution and ordinary law are not easy to establish, and, in those cases, self-restraint by the supreme interpreter of the Constitution is in order. In fact, that our Constitutional Court does not annul many Supreme Court decisions may be true to say. Analyzing the number of resolutions of the Supreme Court, reviewed by the Constitutional Court between 2001 and 2011, in relation to the number of Supreme Court decisions that were overturned, we found a range between 0,31% and 1% -just one year- with an average of less than 0,5%. The year when most resolutions were canceled, 2001, 1710 resolutions were reviewed and 19 judgments were overturned.Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)e-Spacio UNED20262026-01-2120162016-12-0120162016-12-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31504reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/315042026-06-06T12:38:31Z
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title Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
spellingShingle Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
Tenorio Sánchez, Pedro Julio
5605.04 Derecho constitucional
Constitutional Court
Supreme Court
title_short Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
title_full Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
title_fullStr Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
title_sort Relationship Supreme Court – Constitutional Court in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tenorio Sánchez, Pedro Julio
author Tenorio Sánchez, Pedro Julio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 5605.04 Derecho constitucional
Constitutional Court
Supreme Court
topic 5605.04 Derecho constitucional
Constitutional Court
Supreme Court
description In Spain, Title VI of the Constitution considers the Supreme Court the highest judicial body in all orders, except for the provisions concerning constitutional guarantees, while art. 1 of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court considers the Constitutional Court as the supreme interpreter of the Constitution. ach court should act as “supreme court” in its respective field, the Constitutional Court in the field of interpretation of the Constitution and the Supreme Court as far as the interpretation of ordinary legality is concerned. This is a widely accepted approach, both by the doctrine and even by the Constitutional Court. But as it is well known, sometimes the boundaries between the Constitution and ordinary law are not easy to establish, and, in those cases, self-restraint by the supreme interpreter of the Constitution is in order. In fact, that our Constitutional Court does not annul many Supreme Court decisions may be true to say. Analyzing the number of resolutions of the Supreme Court, reviewed by the Constitutional Court between 2001 and 2011, in relation to the number of Supreme Court decisions that were overturned, we found a range between 0,31% and 1% -just one year- with an average of less than 0,5%. The year when most resolutions were canceled, 2001, 1710 resolutions were reviewed and 19 judgments were overturned.
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