By examining the framing that political actors made of the upcoming landmark LOAPA, Rumasa and abortion decisions issued by the Spanish Constitutional Court between 1980 and 1983, its influence on public debate and the final rulings, this thesis analyses the impact of external pressure on a new constitutional court using a process-tracing methodology. The research question addressed is whether strategic considerations, and more specifically, the preservation and enhancement of the Court's legitimacy had a significant influence on the three decisions. It is hypothesised that politicians successfully constrained the Court's choices by threatening its capital of public support. The thesis argues that both the risk of having its legitimacy erod...
The constitutional case law on political parties has been vital to the construction of the Spanish d...
This paper applies various probit/logit models to a database constructed by the authors, consisting ...
This dissertation deals with court-executive relations in post-authoritarian Argentina (1983-2006). ...
In 1980, a Constitutional Tribunal was established in Spain. Its ability to exercise the power of co...
Constitutional courts have been accused of adopting political decisions that should have been adopt...
The Spanish legislative burdens the Constitutional Court with the task to prevent Catalonia from pur...
This article analyses the reactions by political actors to the ruling of the Spanish Constitutional ...
In this article, we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are expl...
In this article, we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are expl...
This study focuses on the role of the Spanish Constitutional Court in the state of autonomies betwee...
This dissertation provides a comparative study of Latin American systems of constitutional adjudicat...
Under what conditions are justices able to make decisions that are contrary to the executive's prefe...
The constitutional model of “integrated” federalism, with many competing competences, does that they...
Spain and Portugal created the Constitutional Courts and the two biggest Latin American federations ...
In the context of the processes of ratification of European Union Treaties, the Spanish Constitution...
The constitutional case law on political parties has been vital to the construction of the Spanish d...
This paper applies various probit/logit models to a database constructed by the authors, consisting ...
This dissertation deals with court-executive relations in post-authoritarian Argentina (1983-2006). ...
In 1980, a Constitutional Tribunal was established in Spain. Its ability to exercise the power of co...
Constitutional courts have been accused of adopting political decisions that should have been adopt...
The Spanish legislative burdens the Constitutional Court with the task to prevent Catalonia from pur...
This article analyses the reactions by political actors to the ruling of the Spanish Constitutional ...
In this article, we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are expl...
In this article, we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are expl...
This study focuses on the role of the Spanish Constitutional Court in the state of autonomies betwee...
This dissertation provides a comparative study of Latin American systems of constitutional adjudicat...
Under what conditions are justices able to make decisions that are contrary to the executive's prefe...
The constitutional model of “integrated” federalism, with many competing competences, does that they...
Spain and Portugal created the Constitutional Courts and the two biggest Latin American federations ...
In the context of the processes of ratification of European Union Treaties, the Spanish Constitution...
The constitutional case law on political parties has been vital to the construction of the Spanish d...
This paper applies various probit/logit models to a database constructed by the authors, consisting ...
This dissertation deals with court-executive relations in post-authoritarian Argentina (1983-2006). ...