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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.
The Supreme Court of Spain (Tribunal Supremo) is the highest judicial body in Spain. Composed of five chambers, it has cognizance of all jurisdictional orders and its rulings cannot be appealed, except to the Constitutional Court, when one of the parties claims that their constitutional rights have been infringed.
The court is the "supreme interpreter" [4] of the Constitution, but since the court is not a part of the Spanish Judiciary, [4] the Supreme Court is the highest court for all judicial matters. [ 5 ] The president, as the highest authority of the Court, exercises its representation and presides over the Plenary, as well as presides over the ...
Supreme Court decisions may, exceptionally, be overruled by the Constitutional Court if there has been an infringement of rights and freedoms of citizens embodied in the Spanish Constitution of 1978 – articles 14 to 29 and 30.2, regarding Fundamental Rights– or by decisions emanating from the European Court of Human Rights since Spain is a ...
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.
A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position to influence business deals, a ...
A Spanish court has ordered eight month prison sentences for three men who made racist remarks and gestures toward Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. at a La Liga match.
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. [3]