La representación institucional de la Iglesia de Inglaterra en el Parlamento británico: un controvertido anacronismo amenazado de extinción

• Polo Sabau, José Ramón ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Málaga

     Universidad de Málaga

     Málaga, España

     
• Localización: Revista española de derecho constitucional, ISSN 0211-5743, Año nº 39, Nº 116, 2019, págs. 139-165
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.18042/cepc/redc.116.05
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The Church of England’s representation at the British Parliament: A controversial anacronism
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  • español

    En este trabajo se estudia la figura de los llamados lores espirituales que representan oficialmente a la Iglesia de Inglaterra en el Parlamento británico, situándola en el contexto de los principales rasgos característicos del principio de confesionalidad estatal actualmente vigente en Inglaterra y estudiando también, desde esta más amplia perspectiva, el sentido del debate actualmente en curso a propósito de la compatibilidad o no de dicha confesionalidad en general con las exigencias del sistema europeo de derechos humanos y particularmente con las derivadas del valor de la igualdad y de su presupuesto, el principio de neutralidad religiosa estatal. Se estudian los principales procesos de revisión y reforma de la Cámara de los Lores que se han producido en ese país en los últimos años así como las más relevantes posiciones doctrinales que han cuestionado la pervivencia actual de este excepcional y anacrónico privilegio parlamentario.

  • English

    This paper deals with the study of the Church of England’s representation at the British Parliament through the presence of the Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords, in the broader context of the legal significance of the so called incidents of establishment that currently shape the English legal framework on Church and State. This subject is also contextualized given particular consideration to the main trends arising from the academic discussion on the legal consequences of establishment in England as presumably opposed to the modern human rights framework. From this critical perspective the author analyses the meaning and scope of some of the most relevant political attempts to reform the House of Lords in the last decades and examines how this particular issue concerning the status of the Lords Spiritual has been there addressed.

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