Anatomy of a constitutional identitylegal tools for dissecting the US and Spanish Constitutional models

  1. MÓNICA MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ-SÁEZ
Revista:
Revista general de derecho público comparado

ISSN: 1988-5091

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 30

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Revista general de derecho público comparado

Resumen

Resulta harto difícil tratar de definir la enigmática noción de identidad constitucional y su ámbito de aplicación. Ante las dificultades para alcanzar una definición precisa de la identidad constitucional y ante la ausencia de consenso entre los estudiosos del Derecho y la Ciencia Política, este artículo trata de ofrecer una aproximación jurídica a lo que caracteriza la identidad constitucional española y norteamericana. La parte II de este artículo ofrece una breve visión general de los modelos constitucionales español y estadounidense, a la luz de sus particulares historias constitucionales, ya que conforman sus procesos de elaboración o redacción constitucional y, potencialmente, sus identidades constitucionales. En la parte III se proponen diversos instrumentos y fuentes jurídicas, dentro y fuera del texto constituyente, para mostrar posibles aspectos identificativos de una determinada identidad constitucional nacional en general, y de una identidad constitucional americana y española en particular. La Parte IV, sobre la base de las herramientas sugeridas en la Parte III, ofrece una sucinta construcción normativa de la identidad constitucional española y americana, a la luz de los mencionados elementos o mecanismos identificadores.

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