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Spain / Espagne / Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel 2008
Author(s)
Francisco M. García Costa
Pages
27
2009/ Vol. 21, No. 4, (74)
Type
Digital edition
2.00 €

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

2008

Spain / Espagne

Francisco M. García Costa

Profesor de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Murcia, Doctor Euro­peo en Derecho

 

The Spanish chronicle of Constitutional Law on the year 2008 reviews the most significant legal events occurred during this period. Among them, the following can be pointed out: the holding of elections to the Spanish Parliament on March 9; the investiture of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as President of the Government; the scant legislative activity carried out by the Parliament; the decree-laws in the economic field adopted to fight against the economic crisis; and the holding of elec­tions to the Andalusian Parliament. In the jurisprudential field, special atten­tion should be drawn to the Constitutional Court Ruling 50/2008, where the appeal for legal protection is solved against a judicial ruling dissolving some parliamen­tary groups, the Constitutional Court Rulings 49/2008 and 101/2008, where it is declared constitutional the participation of Regional Parliaments in the parliamen­tary system of election of Constitutional Court Judges, and the Constitutional Court Ruling 103/2008, which recognizes that the call for a referendum is an ex­clusive competence of the State.

La Crónica constitucional de España en 2008 repasa los sucesos más significativos acon­tecidos en este periodo, entre los que destacan los siguientes: las elecciones a Cor­tes Generales celebradas el 9 de marzo; la investidura de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero como Presidente del Gobierno; la escasa actividad legislativa desarro­lla­da por las Cortes Generales; los Decretos-Leyes en materia económica aprobados pa­ra combatir la crisis económica; y la celebración de elecciones al Parlamento de Andalucía. En el ámbito jurisprudencial destaca la STC 50/2008, en la que se re­suel­ve el recurso de amparo frente a una Sentencia judicial que disolvió a ciertos gru­pos parlamentarios, las SSTC 49/2008 y 101/2008, en las que se declara consti­tu­cional la participación de los Parlamentos Regionales en el sistema parlamentario de elección de Magistrados del Tribunal Constitucional, y la STC 103/2008, en la que se reconoce que es competencia exclusiva del Estado la convocatoria de refe­rén­dum.

 

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