Announcements

Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada | Year 2023

2024-12-23

The "Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada" for 2023 is now available online, a complementary publication to the Revista de las Cortes Generales, which compiles commentaries on the most relevant resolutions in the Parliamentary field, grouped by the year of the judgement, judicial decree or decision of the corresponding jurisdictional body. The file can be downloaded from the corresponding section of this website: https://revista.cortesgenerales.es/rcg/cjppp. Soon also on paper.

Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada | Year 2022

2023-12-01

The "Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada" for 2022 is now available online, a complementary publication to the Revista de las Cortes Generales, which compiles commentaries on the most relevant resolutions in the Parliamentary field, grouped by the year of the judgement, judicial decree or decision of the corresponding jurisdictional body. The file can be downloaded from the corresponding section of this website: https://revista.cortesgenerales.es/rcg/cjppp. Soon also on paper.

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments

2022-12-19

The comments of the following Judgments of the Constitutional Court are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 114 of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

– Constitutional Court's Judgment num. 16/2022, of February 8, concerning the action of unconstitutionality num. 2313-2020. (BOE num. 59, of March 10, 2022)

– Constitutional Court Judgment num. 56/2022, of April 5. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 3085-2019. (BOE num. 113, of May 12, 2022)

– Constitutional Court's Judgment num. 65/2022, of May 31, concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 2388-2018. (BOE num. 159, of July 4, 2022)

– Constitutional Court Judgments 92/2022 and 93/2022, of July 11, and 94/2022, 95/2022, 96/2022 and 97/2022, of July 12. Concerning the Appeal for legal protection nums. 4131-2021, 4467-2021, 5234-2018, 5765-2018, 5887-2018 and 197-2019. (BOE num. 195, of August 15, 2022)

New issue of the Journal of the Cortes Generales (113): Special monographic

2022-12-01

The latest issue of the Journal of the Cortes Generales is now available in its digital version.

This is a special monographic edition on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies, which includes most of the interventions that took place in the Conferences held in the Congress of Deputies, for this reason, on 26 and 27 January 2022.

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments

2022-06-01

The comments of the following Judgments of the Constitutional Court are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 112 of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

– STC 134/2021, of 24 June. Appeal of unconstitutionality 3883-2018

– STC 137/2021, of 29 June. Appeal for legal protection num. 202-2019

– STC 171/2021, of 7 October. Appeal for legal protection num. 5382-2019

– STC 24/2022, of 23 February. Appeal for legal protection num. 4427-2020

– STC 35/2022, of 9 March. Appeal for legal protection num. 4409-2019

– STC 38/2022, of 11 March. Appeal for legal protection num. 4885-2020

Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada

2021-12-03

The "Cuadernos de Jurisprudencia Parlamentaria Comentada" for 2018, 2019 and 2020 are now available online, a complementary publication to the Revista de las Cortes Generales, which compiles commentaries on the most relevant resolutions in the Parliamentary field, grouped by the year of the judgement, judicial decree or decision of the corresponding jurisdictional body. The files can be downloaded from the corresponding section of this website: https://revista.cortesgenerales.es/rcg/cjppp.  Soon also on paper.

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments 148/2021, of July 14th, 183/2021, of October 27th and 168/2021, of October 9th, by M. Isabel Álvarez Vélez; and 105 & 106/2021, of May 11th, and 107/2021, of May 13th, by Jesús M. González G

2021-12-03

The following comments on Parliamentary Jurisprudence are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 111 of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

 

Alarm and Pandemic: Legal-Constitutional Problems of States of Necessity in Light of the Doctrine of the Constitutional Court. Comments on Constitutional Court Judgement 148/2021, of 14 July, Appeal for Unconstitutionality No. 2054-2020. (BOE No. 182, of 31 July 2021), to the Judgement of the Constitutional Court 183/2021 of 27 October, Appeal for Unconstitutionality No. 5342-2020. (BOE No. 282, of 25 November, 2021); and to the Judgement of the Constitutional Court 168/2021, of 9 October, Appeal for Amparo Appeal for Constitutional Protection of Fundamental Rights, No. 2109-2020 (BOE No. 268, of 9 November, 2021). (PDF [ficha]) (HTML [ficha])

María Isabel Álvarez Vélez

 

Constitutionality of Sentences Against Different Authorities and Members of The Parliament for Acts Committed During the Secessionist Process in Catalonia. Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgments 105/2021 and 106/2021, of May 11, and 107/2021, of May 13, Concerning the Appeals for Legal Protection Num. 6239-2019, 1407-2020 and 2670-2017 (BOE Num. 142, of June 25, 2021).  (PDF [ficha]) (HTML [ficha])

Jesús María González García

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments 66/2021, of March 15, by Esther de Alba Bastarrechea, 53/2021, of March 15, by Isabel María Abellán Matesanz, and STJUE of February 25, 2021 (Case C-658/19), by Ignacio Navarro Mejía

2021-10-27

The following comments on Parliamentary Jurisprudence are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 111 of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

 

The infraction of the right to exercise representative public office by decisions of action and omission by the Presidency of the Parliament. Commentary on Constitutional Court´s Judgment 66/2021, of March 15, 2021. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 980-2020 (BOE num. 97, of April 23rd, 2021). (PDF [ficha]) (HTML [ficha])

Esther de Alba Bastarrechea

 

The exercise of representative public office: parliamentary legislative initiative vs. government budget veto . Commentary on Constitutional Court Judgment 53/2021, of March 15. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 6546-2018. (BOE num. 97, of April 23, 2021). (PDF [ficha]) (HTML [ficha])

Isabel María Abellán Matesanz

 

Failure to transpose a european directive on matter concerning organic law. Commentary on the Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union of February 25, 2021. Case C-658/19. (PDF [ficha]) (HTML [ficha])

Ignacio Navarro Mejía

 

Quality Seal by FECYT and new issue avalaible (110)

2021-07-09

We are pleased to communicate that we have been awarded by the Quality Seal by the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) in the VII Call for the Evaluation of the Editorial and Scientific Quality of Spanish Scientific Journals.

We also inform you that issue number 110 is now avalaible in its digital version.

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments 76/2021, of April 15, by María Garrote de Marcos, and 75/2021, of March 18, by Alejandro Rastrollo Ripollés

2021-06-10

The following comments on Parliamentary Jurisprudence are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 110 (the end of this month) of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

 

Madrid is no country for «carpetbaggers». Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgment 76/2021, of April 15. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 2117-2021. (BOE num. 119, of May 18, 2021) (PDF) (HTML)

María Garrote de Marcos

 

Use of non-official Spanish languages in regional parliaments. Commentary on the Constitutional Court Judgment 75/2021, of March 18, concerning appeal of unconstitutionality num. 4911-2020. (BOE num. 97, of April 23, 2021) (PDF) (HTML)

Alejandro Rastrollo Ripollés

Available commentaries on the Constitutional Court Judgments 14/2021, of January 28, by Manuel Alba Navarro, and 173/2020, of November 19, by Luis Molina Moreno

2021-05-21

The following comments on Parliamentary Jurisprudence are available for reading in the «Preview» section of the website and will be included in issue num. 110 (June 2021) of the Revista de las Cortes Generales:

 

Penal rule of law (principle of specificity) principle of legal certainty; constitutionality of a rule that considers as a breach the violation of compulsory rules laid down by electoral act that is not a criminal offence. Commentary on Constitutional Court Judgment 14/2021, of January 28. Concerning the question of unconstitutionality num. 1478-2020. (BOE num. 46, of February 23, 2021) (PDF) (HTML)

Manuel Alba Navarro

 

The violation of parliamentary representation rights of MP´s because of not meeting convoking or not including items at the agenda. Commentary on Constitutional Court Judgment 173/2020, of November 19. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 5084-2017. (BOE num. 332, of December 22, 2020) (PDF) (HTML)

Luis Molina Moreno

Preview of commentaries of Parliamentary Jurisprudence

2021-05-21

In order to ensure maximum topicality, from 2021 onwards, the parliamentary case law commentaries will be available for reading, prior to their publication in the corresponding issue of the Journal, which will deal with some of the most recent decisions related to this subject. These will appear in the «Preview» section and will be able to be downloaded in PDF or viewed in HTML through the browser of your computer, tablet or mobile device.

New issue of the Journal of the Cortes Generales (107)

2019-12-27

The latest issue of the Journal of the Cortes Generales is now available in its digital version.

This new issue is headed, on the occasion of the centenary of the writer and Deputy Benito Pérez Galdós demise, by an article written by the famous author titled Let’s Dream, Soul, Let’s Dream, which includes a commentary on Pérez Galdos literary production written by Antonio Torres del Moral. Furthermore, the issue includes several articles that cover various topics such as the Weberian theory of power, the current political situation in Hong Kong, the succession of the United States Presidency, the political role of European Union Court of Justice, the collection of the Cortes Generales Foreign Legislation Bulletin and a bibliographical review of the already published works on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. Moreover, the new section on Reports and Parliamentary Case Law with Comments contains a report of the Central Election Commission that addresses the regulation of voting by Spaniards abroad and several commentaries on the most recent Constitutional Court resolutions on Parliamentary issues. 

New issue of the Journal of the Cortes Generales (106). Along with the paper version, the present issue and all the previous ones are now freely accessible online

2019-06-27

The issue 106 of the Journal of the Cortes Generales is already available.

For the first time its content is fully and freely accessible online at https://revista.cortesgenerales.es, where you will additionally find all the previous issues. Nonetheless, the Journal remains available in its paper version.

 This latest issue starts with a portrait of the recently deceased Constitutional Speaker, José Pedro Pérez-Llorca y Rodrigo, along with an unpublished lecture in Spanish by the Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann on the value of democracy. On this occassion, the issue includes several articles devoted to Brexit,  the imprint of the Spanish Constitution on the new Euro-American constitutionalism, the constitutional reform or the relations between the criminal process and the exercise of parliamentary functions.  Furthermore, reports from the General Secretariat of the Congress of Deputies on the prerogatives of the Bureau on the qualification of disagreement texts presented by the Government for its consideration as draft laws are included in a new section concerning Reports and Annotated Parliamentary Jurisprudence, as well as other comments on the most recent decisions of the Constitutional Court in parliamentarian affairs.