CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION SYLLABUS
1. DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
Lesson 1.- Basic concepts
1.1.-The constitutional justice debate
1.2.-Constitutional justice in Spain, background and characteristics.
1.3.-Rationale
1.4.-The Constitutional Court as the interpreter of the Constitution.
1.5.-The supremacy of the Constitutional Court from a procedural perspective.
1.6.-The regulatory framework of the constitutional justice in Spain.
1.7.- The distribution of powers.
Lesson 2.- The Constitutional Court of Spain, organisational aspects
2.1.-Composition of the Constitutional Court
2.1.-The judges' statue.
2.3.-The autonomy of the Constitutional Court.
2.4.- The organisation and functioning of the Constitutional Court.
Lesson 3.- Proceedings before the Constitutional Court (I): Monitoring regulations that have the force of law.
3.1.- Common features of the "constitutionality" control
3.2.-Previous control of the constitutionality of international treaties. Nature, legal standing, procedure, effects of the ruling.
3.3.-Previous control of Autonomy Statues.
3.4.-Action of Unconstitutionality.
3.4.1-Object.
3.4.2-Time-limit.
3.4.3 Legal standing.
3.4.4 Procedure.
3.4.5 The effects of the judgement.
Lesson 4.- Proceedings before the Constitutional Court (II):question of unconstitutionality.
4.1.- The indirect control of regulations that have the force of law.
4.2.- Internal questions of unconstitutionality.
Lesson 5.-Constitutional conflicts (I)Conflicts between constitutional bodies.
5.1..- Introduction
5.2.- Legal standing
5.3.- Object
5.4.- Procedure
5.5.- Judgement
Lesson 6.-Constitutional conflicts (II) Conflicts of competence
61.- Conflicts between the State and the Autonomous Communities, or between Autonomous Communities.
6.1.1.- Introduction
6.1.2.- Positive conflicts
6.1.3.-Negative conflicts
6.2. Contestation under Title II of the LOTC
6.3. Conflicts in defense of local autonomy.
Lesson 7.-The action for "amparo" (I)
7.1.-Introduction and main feature
7.2.-Protected rights
7.3.- Challengeable acts
Lesson 8.-Action for "amparo" (II)
8.1.-Types of actions
8.2-Legal standing and litigants
8.3.-Subsidiarity requirement.
8.3.2-Having been part of the judicial procedure.
8.3.3- Exhaustion of judicial remedies.
8.3.4-The need to invoke a protected right.
Lesson 9.-The action for "amparo" (III)
9.1.-Constitutional significance
9.2.-The application
9.3.-Time-limit
9.4.-Admissibility
9.5.-Processing
9.6.-Suspension
9.7.-The judgement
Lesson 10.-The action for electoral "amparo"
10.1.-Regulation
10.2.-Scope.
10.3.-Challengeable acts
10.4.-Procedure
Lesson 11.-Constitutional jurisdiction and other jurisdictions
11.1.-The ordinary jurisdiction and the Constitution
11.1.1.-The ordinary jurisdiction competences on constitutional matters.
11.1.2.-The Constitutional Court and the ordinary jurisdiction.
11.1.3.-Conflicts.
11.2.-The constitutional court and the European courts.
Lesson 12.-Assessment of the constitutional justice
12.1.-The "constitutionalization" of the legal systems.
12.2.-Issues.
