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Jurisdiction and Access

Spain
  • English
    (1) The Constitutional Court has jurisdiction over the whole Spanish territory and is entitled to hear:
    a) Appeals against the alleged unconstitutionality of acts and statutes having the force of an act. ...
    b) Individual appeals for protection (recursos de amparo) against violation of the rights and liberties contained in section 53(2) of the Constitution, in the circumstances and manner to be laid down by law.
    c) Conflicts of jurisdiction between the State and the Autonomous Communities or between the Autonomous Communities themselves.
    d) Other matters assigned to it by the Constitution or by organic acts.
    (2) The Government may appeal to the Constitutional Court against provisions and resolutions adopted by the bodies of the Autonomous Communities, which shall bring about the suspension of the contested provisions or resolutions, but the Court must either ratify or lift the suspension, as the case may be, within a period of not more than five months. (Sec. 161)
  • Spanish
    1. El Tribunal Constitucional tiene jurisdicción en todo el territorio español y es competente para conocer:
    a) Del recurso de inconstitucionalidad contra leyes y disposiciones normativas con fuerza de ley. …
    b) Del recurso de amparo por violación de los derechos y libertades referidos en el artículo 53.2, de esta Constitución, en los casos y formas que la ley establezca.
    c) De los conflictos de competencia entre el Estado y las Comunidades Autónomas o de los de éstas entre sí.
    d) De las demás materias que le atribuyan la Constitución o las leyes orgánicas.
    2. El Gobierno podrá impugnar ante el Tribunal Constitucional las disposiciones y resoluciones adoptadas por los órganos de las Comunidades Autónomas. La impugnación producirá la suspensión de la disposición o resolución recurrida, pero el Tribunal, en su caso, deberá ratificarla o levantarla en un plazo no superior a cinco meses. (Art. 161)

Jurisdiction and Access

Spain
  • English
    If a judicial body considers, when hearing a case, that a regulation having the force of an act which is applicable thereto and upon the validity of which the judgment depends, might be contrary to the Constitution, it may bring the matter before the Constitutional Court in the circumstances, manner and subject to the consequences to be laid down by law, which shall in no case have a suspensive effect. (Sec. 163)
  • Spanish
    Cuando un órgano judicial considere, en algún proceso, que una norma con rango de ley, aplicable al caso, de cuya validez dependa el fallo, pueda ser contraria a la Constitución, planteará la cuestión ante el Tribunal Constitucional en los supuestos, en la forma y con los efectos que establezca la ley, que en ningún caso serán suspensivos. (Art. 163)

Jurisdiction and Access

Spain
  • English
    (1) The following are entitled to:
    a) Lodge an appeal of unconstitutionality: the President of the Government, the Defender of the People, fifty Members of Congress, fifty Senators, the Executive body of a Autonomous Community and, where applicable, its Assembly.
    b) Lodge an individual appeal for protection (recurso de amparo): any individual or body corporate with a legitimate interest, as well as the Defender of the People and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
    (2) In all other cases, the organic act shall determine which persons and bodies shall have right of appeal to the Court. (Sec. 162)
  • Spanish
    1. Están legitimados:
    a) Para interponer el recurso de inconstitucionalidad, el Presidente del Gobierno, el Defensor del Pueblo, 50 Diputados, 50 Senadores, los órganos colegiados ejecutivos de las Comunidades Autónomas y, en su caso, las Asambleas de las mismas.
    b) Para interponer el recurso de amparo, toda persona natural o jurídica que invoque un interés legítimo, así como el Defensor del Pueblo y el Ministerio Fiscal.
    2. En los demás casos, la ley orgánica determinará las personas y órganos legitimados. (Art. 162)