The reception of the Judiciary government in the Spanish Constitution: forty years about the General Council of the Judiciary

Authors

  • Gema Rosado Iglesias Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.101.2018.21965

Keywords:

Judicial power, Judiciary government, General Council of the Judiciary, Judicial Independence, Separation of Powers

Abstract

Abstract:
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 established the General Council of the Judiciary, as an organ for the Judiciary government. Since of its creaction on 1980,this organ has been objet of a constant process of reforming that shows how the Conuncil hasn’t achieved to find its place in institutional system and how this organ couldn’t consolidate itself under a stable model. The last most important reform, the Organic Law 4/2013, reforming the CGPJ, has introduced in a reformulation of the structure and functions of the Council, and a new way of election of its members, thus constituting. This paper presents the evolution and the changes about of Council in forty years of constitutional vigence and analyzes the reform, the new position and place of Council and its organs, the doubts on the functioning of the Council, and the questions that today remain open.

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Author Biography

Gema Rosado Iglesias, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Profesora Titular de Derecho Constitucional. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Derecho Público del Estado. C/ Madrid, 126. 28903 Getafe.

Published

2018-04-28

How to Cite

Rosado Iglesias, G. (2018). The reception of the Judiciary government in the Spanish Constitution: forty years about the General Council of the Judiciary. Revista de Derecho Político, 1(101), 353–391. https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.101.2018.21965

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