INTRODUCTION The Spanish Constitutional Court is becoming one of the most popular institutions in the country. By “popular” I do not mean “generally well-liked”, but “frequently used” or mentioned in conversations and in the media, that is, in the middle of the political debate. On the other hand, as I mentioned in previous contributions, (here [...]

2007 will be a year to remember in the history of the Spanish Constitutional Court. Not because of the last amendment of its regulatory law, which has changed the individual appeal process for the protection of fundamental rights and is supposed to put an end to the huge number of pending cases, but because of [...]

Introduction The Spanish Constitution establishes in its Title X (articles 159 to 165) the Constitutional Court as a constitutional Body to which it confers the task of preserving the supremacy of the Fundamental Law by judicial proceedings[1]. Constitutional provisions have been developed by the Organic Law No. 2/1979. This legal text has been modified 5 [...]