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The Constitutional Court (Spanish: Tribunal Constitucional) [n. 1] is the supreme interpreter of the Spanish Constitution, with the power to determine the constitutionality of acts and statutes made by any public body, central, regional, or local in Spain.
Most of those Laws theoretically provided for a quite free state, but ultimately the power of the Caudillo was supreme. They established the very institutions that would later, under Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, commit "constitutional suicide" and pass the Political Reform Act, starting the Spanish transition to democracy.
The Spanish Judiciary is a professional judiciary whose members are public servants divided into the three categories of judge, magistrate, and Supreme Court magistrate [6] Entrance to the judiciary is limited to Spanish nationals who hold a Bachelor's degree in Law issued by a Spanish university and who are not legally disbarred from applying.
Juan José González Rivas (born 10 May 1951) is a Spanish jurist and magistrate. He served as President of the Spanish Constitutional Court from 2017 to 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was member of this High Court from 2012 to 2021.
The Spanish Constitution (Spanish: Constitución Española) [a] is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Spain.It was enacted after its approval in a constitutional referendum; it represents the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy.
In Spain, within public law is included the regulation of the highest state institutions, constitutional law, which regulates the organisation, competencies and functioning of the constitutional bodies (the State Council, the Account Court, the Constitutional Court, the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain, etc.), constitutionally ...
The Spanish Constitution establishes that the deputies are chosen by universal, free, equal, direct, and secret suffrage. The election is held every four years or earlier in case of snap election . The members of the Congress are elected by proportional representation with closed lists in each constituency.
The Cortes Generales (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾtes xeneˈɾales]; English: Spanish Parliament, lit. 'General Courts') are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets in the Palacio de las Cortes.