¿Un caso bagatela? En defensa del recurso de amparo = A bagatelle case? In defence of the individual appeal for protection to the constitutional court

Resumen: El recurso de amparo, -un instrumento básico para la defensa de los derechos y libertades fundamentales de los ciudadanos-, precisaría, paradójicamente, de defensa ante las reformas que ha sufrido o que le amenazan e incluso, presuntamente, ante la actuación del propio Tribunal Constitucional. En este trabajo, a partir de un caso concreto, se apuntan algunas reformas que, en nuestra opinión, harían de dicho recurso un instrumento realmente efectivo.Palabras clave: Derechos y libertades fundamentales, recurso de amparo, amparo objetivo, derecho a la tutela judicial efectiva, Tribunal Constitucional. Abstract: The individual appeal for protection to the Constitutional Court , -a basic tool in order to defend the fundamental rights and liberties-, would need, paradoxically, to be defended from the amendments which has suffered or threaten it and, allegedly, even from the very action of the Constitutional Court. In this work we analyze a case and point out some amendments that, in our opinion, would make that basic tool truly effective.Keywords: Fundamental rights and liberties, individual appeal for protection to the Constitutional Court, objective individual appeal, right to obtain effective protection from the judges and the courts, Constitutional Court