The substantive control on Constitutional amendments in a comparative perspective

Abstract

This essay deals with the implications of the judicial review related to Constitutional amendments, through the selection of some representative cases. It focuses on the case-law of the legal systems chosen where Constitutional or Supreme Courts asserted being enabled to verify the effectiveness of limits against possible misuses by political actors. Those Courts used different arguments to demonstrate that the control of amendments is an unavoidable consecuence of the Constitutional supremacy and all of them are analyzed in the text.