A vueltas con los privilegios parlamentarios
en RUIZ-RICO RUIZ, G., La reforma de los Estatutos de Autonomía, Tirant, Valencia, 2006, pp. 660-678. ISBN 84-8456-651-X.
Este capítulo revisa la regulación de la inmunidad en los ordenamientos europeos y analiza críticamente la... more Este capítulo revisa la regulación de la inmunidad en los ordenamientos europeos y analiza críticamente la introducción del suplicatorio en el artículo 57 de la Propuesta de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña
El juez nacional y el juez europeo ante la Euro-orden
en REVENGA SÁNCHEZ, M., El Poder Judicial, Tirant, Valencia, 2009, pp. 755-790. ISBN 978-84-9876-413-0.
Contribución al libro colectivo Contribución al libro colectivo
Euro-orden y Constitución. Apuntes sobre la implementación de la orden europea de detención y entrega
en GARCÍA MURILLO, G., y BRAVO AGUILAR, N., Política Criminal y Globalización, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, 2010, pp. 109-132. ISBN 978-97-0764-958-3.
Contribución al libro colectivo Contribución al libro colectivo
Las metodologías de enseñanza-aprendizaje en el Derecho constitucional. Una experiencia desde la Universidad de Deusto
en COTINO HUESO, Lorenzo y PRESNO LINERA, Miguel (eds.), La enseñanza del Derecho constitucional ante el proceso de Bolonia. Innovación educativa en Derecho constitucional 2.0, PUV (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia), Valencia, 2011. ISBN 978-84-694-0080-4. Disponible en <http://www.uv.es/innova/libroinnovacion2010.pdf>
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Videovigilancia y derechos fundamentales: los estándares del Consejo de Europa
en ABEL LLUCH, Xavier, PICÓ i JUNOY, Joan y RICHARD GONZÁLEZ, Manuel (dirs.), La prueba judicial. Desafíos en las jurisdicciones civil, penal, laboral y contencioso-administrativa, La Ley-Wolters Kluwer, Madrid, 2011, pp. 1565-1588. ISBN: 978-84-8126-777-8.
Contribución al libro colectivo "La prueba judicial". Contribución al libro colectivo "La prueba judicial".
Reflexiones sobre los niveles de garantías de los derechos sociales y principios rectores
en CASCAJO CASTRO, J. L., TEROL BECERRA, M., DOMÍNGUEZ VILA, A., NAVARRO MARCHANTE, V., Derechos sociales y principios rectores, Tirant, Valencia, 2012, pp. 181-192. ISBN: 978-84-9004- 559-6. Con el Prof. Dr. Manuel María Zorrilla Ruiz
Contribución al libro colectivo "Derechos sociales y principios rectores".
Consolidado el Estado... more
Contribución al libro colectivo "Derechos sociales y principios rectores".
Consolidado el Estado Democrático y de Derecho, el reto del Estado Constitucional moderno es garantizar los derechos sociales y principios rectores, que constituyen la seña de identidad del Estado Social. De entre las prestaciones del Estado Social, tiene un específico tratamiento el derecho a la educación, como elemento que posibilita la igualdad de oportunidades, y la sanidad y las pensiones, que ejemplifican el principio básico de solidaridad. Pero en tiempos de aguda crisis económica y política que sacude a nuestro país, cobra especial importancia debatir sobre la mejor forma de lograr un mantenimiento adecuado de los servicios públicos que mantenga la cohesión social. En paralelo, hay que tener en cuenta que nuestro Estado Social también es Estado Autonómico, lo que obliga a articular los servicios y políticas sociales teniendo en cuenta el reparto de competencias.
Introducción al sistema normativo foral de los Territorios Históricos: consideraciones y propuestas
GORDILLO PÉREZ, L. I. (Coord.), El poder normativo de Bizkaia en un contexto multinivel y transnacional: retos y desafíos, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, 2012, pp. 15-66. ISBN: 978-84-9830-340-7. Con el Prof. Ramón Múgica Alcorta
Estudio general del libro colectivo "El poder normativo de Bizkaia en un contexto multinivel y transnacional.... more Estudio general del libro colectivo "El poder normativo de Bizkaia en un contexto multinivel y transnacional. Retos y desafíos". La Norma foral constituye una fuente del Derecho única y muy específica en el ordenamiento jurídico español. El análisis de su naturaleza jurídica, su encaje en el sistema de fuentes nacional y en el contexto europeo así como sus posibilidades reguladoras centran los estudios que aquí se recogen y que, en esencia, plantean cómo las vicisitudes de esta fuente del Derecho afectan al desarrollo económico, la competitividad y la innovación del Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya.
La constitucionalización del principio de estabilidad presupuestaria: remiendos nacionales para rotos globales
en GÓMEZ ISA, F., HERRÁN, A. I., ATXABAL, A., Retos del Derecho ante una economía sin fronteras, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, 2012, pp. 169-175. ISBN: 978-84-9830-337-7.
Este trabajo versa sobre la reciente reforma del artículo 135 CE en particular y analiza igualmente la... more Este trabajo versa sobre la reciente reforma del artículo 135 CE en particular y analiza igualmente la constitucionalización de la llamada "golden rule" en particular.
We the People: Seamless Webs and Social Revolutions in India's Constituent Assembly Debates
Although the Preamble of the Constitution proclaims that ‘We the People’ have solemnly adopted and enacted it, there... more Although the Preamble of the Constitution proclaims that ‘We the People’ have solemnly adopted and enacted it, there is almost no further mention of ‘the people’ in the constitutional text itself. Asking who are ‘the people’ in whose name the Indian Constitution was drafted, this article re-examines the Constituent Assembly Debates (CAD) and highlights the fragmented image of ‘the people’ as a multivocal, multivalent reflection of imaginations and expectations attributed to people within and behind the Constituent Assembly. It becomes obvious that the aspirations of the actual Constitution makers find clearer expression in the constitutional text than the perceptions of ‘the people’ in whose name such law making takes place. Using the lens of the social revolution that the Constitution was to bring about, the article clarifies the implications of this multiplicity of visions, distinguishing ‘We the People’ seeking to claim such unfulfilled constitutional promises today, on the one hand, and the functionaries obligated to translate constitutional promises into reality and to enforce them, on the other. Asking why it is that the ambitions of the latter find clearer expression in the constitutional text than those of the former, the article also poses deeper questions about representativeness of political institutions and about the strength and depth of Indian social reform agenda.
Descentralización fiscal en el Estado español de las autonomías
Conocimiento y Cultura Jurídica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Año 6, núm. 11, Enero-junio, 2012, pp. 35-93. ISSN 2007-1612. Con el Prof. Ramón Múgica Alcorta
Sumario: 1. Introducción; 2. Características generales de la descentralización fiscal en España; 2.1. Modelo enmarcado... more Sumario: 1. Introducción; 2. Características generales de la descentralización fiscal en España; 2.1. Modelo enmarcado constitucionalmente; 2.2 Un sistema dual; 2.3. Un sistema financiero dependiente; 2.4. Un modelo en constante variación. La “foto movida”; 2.5. Lo fáctico en la configuración del sistema; 2.6. El factor solidaridad; 3. La “Malla” normativa reguladora del sistema financiero autonómico; 4. El poder financiero de las comunidades autónomas de régimen común en la legislación y en la doctrina del tribunal constitucional; 4.1. La autonomía financiera y su significado; 4.2. Los límites del poder financiero; 4.2.1. El principio de instrumentalidad; 4.2.2. El principio de solidaridad; 4.2.3. El principio de unidad; 4.2.4. El principio de coordinación en la Hacienda Estatal; 4.2.5. El principio de igualdad; 4.2.6. El principio de neutralidad; 4.2.7. El principio de territorialidad de las competencias económicas; 4.2.8. La prohibición de duplicidad en la imposición; 4.2.9. La lealtad institucional; 4.3. Referencia al poder financiero de las Comunidades Autónomas en materia de gasto; 5. Descripción del sistema de régimen común; 5.1. Modelos de financiación de las Comunidades Autónomas; 5.2. El sistema de financiación vigente; 5.3. Características principales del nuevo sistema de financiación; 5.4. Recursos del sistema de financiación; 5.5. Recursos de las Comunidades Autónomas de régimen común y régimen de cesión de tributos: distribución de competencias gestoras entre el Estado y las Comunidades Autónomas, competencias normativas y puntos de conexión en materia de tributos cedidos; 5.5.1. Los recursos de las Comunidades Autónomas de régimen común; 5.5.2. Competencias que corresponden a las Comunidades Autónomas sobre los recursos que forman parte de su sistema de financiación; 5.5.3. La delegación de competencias y su alcance; 5.5.4. Distribución del rendimiento a las CC.AA.: puntos de conexión; 5.5.5. Otros recursos de las CC.AA.; 6. La dimensión organizativa del sistema autonómico de financiación; 6.1. Consejo de Política Fiscal y Financiera (Art. 3 de la LOFCA); 6.2. Consejo Superior para la Dirección y Coordinación de la Gestión Tributaria (Art. 65 de la Ley 22/2009); 6.4. Dependencias Regionales o Relaciones Institucionales; 6.5. Junta Arbitral; 6.6. Referencia a los convenios; 7. Descripción del sistema foral; 7.1. Introducción; 7.2. Idea del contenido del Concierto; 7.3. Breve referencia histórica; 7.4. Características del Concierto Económico; 7.5. Competencias funcionales; 7.5.1. Potestades Normativas; 7.5.2. Potestades de gestión; 7.6. Los tributos concertados; 7.7. Tributos no concertados; 7.8. Los puntos de conexión; 7.9. El cupo; 7.9.1. Cupo del año base; 7.9.2. Cupo correspondiente a años posteriores; 7.9.3.Liquidación o pago del cupo; 7.9.4. Previsiones “rebús sic stantibus”; 7.10. El reparto interno de la recaudación; 7.11. El futuro del régimen concertado; Bibliografía
Download (.pdf) Repertorio bibliográfico sobre la reforma constitucional
UNED. Teoría y Realidad Constitucional, núm. 29, 2012, pp. 461-486
El presente repertorio bibliográfico recoge los diversos estudios, ya sean monografías artículos en revistas... more El presente repertorio bibliográfico recoge los diversos estudios, ya sean monografías artículos en revistas especializdas o capítulos de libros, que han abordado desde distinas perspectivas la reforma constitucional y sus implicaciones. Para facilitar el manejo del repertorio, los distintos estudios se encuadran, según sea su temática principal, en alguno de los apartados en los que se divide. Básicamente, todos ellos son reconducibles a la teoría general de la reforma, la Corona, el Senado, las Comunidades Autónomas y Europa.
A propósito de la reforma constitucional de 2011
El Cronista del Estado Social y Democrático de Derecho, ISSN 1889-0016, Nº. 25, 2012, págs. 31-37
Breve análisis de la reforma del artículo 135 de la CE 1978
Brief analysis on the recent reform of the... more
Breve análisis de la reforma del artículo 135 de la CE 1978
Brief analysis on the recent reform of the Spanish Constitution (on the golden rule)
Going Under the Knife: Examining Cosmetic Surgery
by Tyler Carson
forthcoming in Journal of Liberty and Society, 2012
The popularization of cosmetic surgery, particularly on women’s bodies, in Western cultures has initiated an academic... more The popularization of cosmetic surgery, particularly on women’s bodies, in Western cultures has initiated an academic discourse that identifies and critiques the social harms of this recent phenomenon. From this discourse has emerged a debate around whether some or all forms of cosmetic surgeries should be banned in Canada. Using a bioethical framework that observes the fact of reasonable pluralism and recognizes the diverse range of reasonable moral comprehensive doctrines, I posit that a liberal democracy cannot legitimately ban or restrict cosmetic surgery. In this short paper, I provide a brief exegesis of Rawls’ political conception of justice, utilizing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to substantiate my claim that a liberal democracy must refrain from choosing one comprehensive doctrine over another. Instead, the state must respect the fact of reasonable pluralism and therefore must provide a political and legal framework that allows each person’s comprehensive doctrine to be realized. I also address the legitimate concerns raised by feminist and other scholars who argue that societal constructions of femininity coerce women into desiring these surgeries. I ultimately argue that this critique approaches cosmetic surgery, as a bioethical question, from the wrong level of analysis; it evaluates the morality and social reasons for cosmetic surgery. In summary, I assert that a liberal democracy must resist engaging in these so-called debates around “the bioethics of everyday life” and instead focus on providing policies and laws that uphold a political conception of justice that does not impose a moral comprehensive doctrine onto the individual.
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Morocco's Monarchical Legacy and its Capacity to Implement Social Reforms
in: Elisabeth Özdalga & Sune Persson (ed.), Contested Sovereignties: Government and Democracy in Middle Eastern and European Perspectives, IB Tauris, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 2010, p. 197-208.
In this paper I question current views on the king’s supremacy in Morocco's policy process and the country as a model... more In this paper I question current views on the king’s supremacy in Morocco's policy process and the country as a model for reform. I show that social reforms in Morocco are subject to a complex process of agenda-setting and decision-making. The different steps in policy-making involve not only the king but also international organizations and various political parties. While the king still acts as an arbiter, he depends heavily on the support of party members and the pluralistic nature of Morocco’s political system to push through sensitive policy issues. In other words, Morocco’s ability to reform more efficiently than other countries in the Middle East and North African region (MENA) depends not on its monarchical legacy but on its pluralistic nature, a specific configuration that has been built up and remodelled since Independence in an authoritarian way.
Constitutional Value Judgments and Interpretive Theory Choice
by Ian Bartrum
Philip Bobbitt’s remarkable work describing the ‘modalities’ of constitutional argument is an immense contribution to... more
Philip Bobbitt’s remarkable work describing the ‘modalities’ of constitutional argument is an immense contribution to the study of constitutional law. He describes a typology of six forms of argument alive in our interpretive practice, and offers a limited account of how these modalities interact, and sometimes conflict, in actual constitutional decisions. One of the persistent puzzles Bobbitt’s description leaves open, however, is how we should account for the choice between conflicting modalities in cases where that choice is likely outcome-determinative. Because the modalities are ‘incommensurable’ — a term’s meaning in one modality may not be fully translatable into another — there is no internal way to justify the choice of one approach over another. Bobbitt ultimately concluded that such acts of ‘decision’ are the product of ‘judicial conscience’; which some individuals possess (or exercise) to a greater degree than others.
I have always felt that Bobbitt’s resolution is probably correct, but still unsatisfying. I think we can do a little more to explain the processes of interpretive theory choice, even if those choices ultimately remain idiosyncratic and individual. To that end, I look to another account of choices made between incommensurable theories — that Thomas Kuhn gave in his work on scientific paradigm changes. Kuhn argued that, while no universal algorithm defines a ‘correct’ decision to adopt a new scientific paradigm, there are broadly shared choice criteria or ‘values’ that scientists regularly refer to when justifying their decisions. It is, Kuhn suggested, the scientist’s willingness to discuss and explain these underlying value judgments that makes her approach ‘scientific.’
This paper attempts to apply some lessons from Kuhn’s work to constitutional practice, particularly the choices we must make between Bobbitt’s interpretive modalities in outcome determinative cases. I derive a list of four overlapping and sometimes competing ‘constitutional values’ — constraint, flexibility, representation, and identity — from texts in the constitutional canon. I look to the canon because it important that the values I identify are broadly shared, as that is what allows them to serve as a somewhat ‘objective’ set of choice criteria. That is, when we make an interpretive theory choice, we should justify it in terms of the purposes we widely believe the Constitution serves in our legal practice. I then speculate on the ways that underlying value judgments may have influenced interpretive theory choices in several Supreme Court opinions, and conclude that judges should be more transparent in acknowledging and defending these often obscure processes.
Anayasanın Yüzleri ve Çin Düşüncesi
Güncel Hukuk Dergisi'nin Mayıs 2012 sayısında yayınlandı.
Published by Güncel Hukuk Review in May 2012 volume.
The Health of Nations: Society and Law beyond State adlı eserinde Philip Allott, bir toplumun anayasasının, zaman... more
The Health of Nations: Society and Law beyond State adlı eserinde Philip Allott, bir toplumun anayasasının, zaman içinde bir inşa sürecinin sonucu olduğundan bahseder. O anayasa ki, art arda gelen sebeplerin yarattığı birikmiş tesirlerin ve değişimin sürecidir . Üç boyutu vardır: düşünceler dünyası, gelişmeler dünyası ve hukuk... Bir toplumun kendini inşası, üç anayasanın yapılması demektir . Fikri anayasa (ideal constitution), kuramlar, değerler, amaçlar, fikirler seviyesinde yer alır. Gerçek anayasa (real constitution), günbegün gelişen, karşılıklı iletişimle şekillenen siyasi, iktisadi, toplumsal gücün icraatları olan olayların katındadır. Hukuki anayasa (legal constitution) ise toplumun sonsuza kadar sürecek bir sonuç-kural ilişkisi ve bunu hukuki belirli bir norma dönüştürmesiyle, ideal ve gerçek anayasalardaki kendi kendini inşa süreçleri arasındaki etkileşimle, zaman geçtikçe edindikleri güçle şekil alır . Allott’ın üçlü tasnifi göz önünde tutulursa, ‘siyasi bir kavram olarak anayasa’ kavrayışımızın ‘fikri anayasa’ ile ‘gerçek anayasa’ arasındaki etkileşim sayesinde oluşan düşünsel zemin üzerinde bir noktaya tekabül ettiğini söyleyebiliriz.
Binlerce yıllık Çin tarihinin en erken dönemlerinde anayasa kavramının izini sürmek ilginç bir deneyim olabilir. Tabii ki, bu bağlamda, anayasadan kastedilenin, toplumun idaresine hâkim olan ilkeler topluluğu olduğunu akılda tutarak... Üç bin yıl boyunca Çin devlet idaresinin bağlılığını kararlılıkla sürdürdüğü bir öğreti vardır: ‘Merhametli hükümet’ . Çinli idareciler yönetilenlerin zapturapt altında tutulmasını yumuşak bir yöntemle sağlayan bu öğretiye öylesine bağlı kalmıştır ki, onun icaplarının –en azından şeklen- yerine getirilmediği bir dönem olmamıştır. Ray Huang, merhametli hükümet öğretisinin “kamu yaşamının temel söylemi olarak kalması, bir anayasa yerini tutması”ndan söz etmektedir . Konfüçyüs’ün ardından, ‘İkinci Bilge’ ünvanıyla onurlandırılan Mencius’un ‘merhametli hükümet’inden başka miras bıraktığı başka kavramlar da vardır. Çinli düşünür, Nutuklar’ında, halkın iradesinden, hatta biraz daha ileri gidilerek halkın egemenliğinden söz etmektedir .
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Invisible Federalism and the Electoral College
by Derek Muller
draft, to be published in 44 Arizona St. L.J. __ (forthcoming 2012)
What role do States have when the Electoral College disappears? With the enactment of the National Popular Vote on the... more
What role do States have when the Electoral College disappears? With the enactment of the National Popular Vote on the horizon and an imminent presidential election in which a nationwide popular vote determines the winner, States would continue to do what they have done for hundreds of years — administer elections. The Constitution empowers States to decide who votes for president, and States choose who qualifies to vote based on factors like age or felon status. This power of States, a kind of “invisible federalism,” is all but ignored in Electoral College reform efforts. In fact, the power of the States to distinguish between voters and non-voters precludes reform.
Such barriers to reform are both theoretical and practical. Theoretical because the Constitution is committed to a government in which the president represents all citizens of the States, voters and non-voters alike — and the maxim “one person, one vote” reinforces the notion that the president represents voters and non-voters. And the United States is not a single constituency in which one ignores States borders, but a number of smaller constituencies administering elections and determining voter eligibility. Practical because State decisions to enfranchise or disenfranchise a group of voters would no longer affect just that State, but would affect the national total — and States would have an incentive to manipulate voter eligibility laws to affect interstate vote totals. States would lower the voting age, disenfranchise felons, or redefine mental illness in order to add or subtract votes from a national vote tally. And any efforts to create a uniform federal standard for voting would stifle potential expansion of enfranchisement and inevitably disenfranchise some citizens who, today, have the right to vote. Presidential elections need States to continue to decide who votes, which precludes Electoral College reform.