¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?

The paper reflects on the general pattern for the allocation of shared competences in the Spanish Constitution: the general institutions of the state set the basic rules and framework and then the Autonomous Communities develop them and are responsible for their effective application. First, the pap...

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Main Author: Xabier Arzoz Santisteban
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Language:Catalan
Published: Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern 2016-04-01
Series:Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals
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Online Access:http://presidencia.gencat.cat/web/.content/ambits_actuacio/desenvolupament_autogovern/iea/Publicacions/REAF/REAF-articles/REAF-23-abril-2016/_reaf23_arzoz_.pdf
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description The paper reflects on the general pattern for the allocation of shared competences in the Spanish Constitution: the general institutions of the state set the basic rules and framework and then the Autonomous Communities develop them and are responsible for their effective application. First, the paper considers from a legal and a political perspective the main effects and defects of that pattern as interpreted and applied by the Constitutional Court’s case-law. Second, it reviews some of the proposals advanced in scholarship to correct the above mentioned defects, whether or not through a constitutional amendment process. It argues that this pattern of competence allocation attracts little support from political actors other than the state institutions, and that, consequently, it is responsible for the countless complaints filed with the Constitutional Court under the legal reason of conflict of powers. The further point being made is that unless the notion of ‘basic rules’ is amended or even suppressed, whether or not the entire ‘state of autonomies’ may be reshaped through a constitutional amendment process, its effective functioning will hardly change at all.
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spelling doaj.art-d2821e9b3b46465a936dce5b366a7aed2022-12-21T20:15:27ZcatInstitut d'Estudis de l'AutogovernRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals1886-26322016-04-0120162320123410.2436/20.8080.01.6¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?Xabier Arzoz Santisteban0Universidad País Vasco y Tribunal ConstitucionalThe paper reflects on the general pattern for the allocation of shared competences in the Spanish Constitution: the general institutions of the state set the basic rules and framework and then the Autonomous Communities develop them and are responsible for their effective application. First, the paper considers from a legal and a political perspective the main effects and defects of that pattern as interpreted and applied by the Constitutional Court’s case-law. Second, it reviews some of the proposals advanced in scholarship to correct the above mentioned defects, whether or not through a constitutional amendment process. It argues that this pattern of competence allocation attracts little support from political actors other than the state institutions, and that, consequently, it is responsible for the countless complaints filed with the Constitutional Court under the legal reason of conflict of powers. The further point being made is that unless the notion of ‘basic rules’ is amended or even suppressed, whether or not the entire ‘state of autonomies’ may be reshaped through a constitutional amendment process, its effective functioning will hardly change at all.http://presidencia.gencat.cat/web/.content/ambits_actuacio/desenvolupament_autogovern/iea/Publicacions/REAF/REAF-articles/REAF-23-abril-2016/_reaf23_arzoz_.pdfcompetence allocationlegislative competenceshared competencesConstitutional Court’s case-lawconflicts of powersconstitutional amendment
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¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals
competence allocation
legislative competence
shared competences
Constitutional Court’s case-law
conflicts of powers
constitutional amendment
title ¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
title_full ¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
title_fullStr ¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
title_full_unstemmed ¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
title_short ¿REFORMA O ABANDONO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN BÁSICA COMO TÉCNICA DE DELIMITACIÓN DE COMPETENCIAS?
title_sort reforma o abandono de la legislacion basica como tecnica de delimitacion de competencias
topic competence allocation
legislative competence
shared competences
Constitutional Court’s case-law
conflicts of powers
constitutional amendment
url http://presidencia.gencat.cat/web/.content/ambits_actuacio/desenvolupament_autogovern/iea/Publicacions/REAF/REAF-articles/REAF-23-abril-2016/_reaf23_arzoz_.pdf
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