Common Law and Civil Law: Convergences Beyond a Written Constitution

• Autores: Estefânia Maria de Queiroz Barboza, Katya Kozicki
• Localización: Cuestiones constitucionales: revista mexicana de derecho constitucional, ISSN 1405-9193, ISSN-e 2448-4881, Nº. 40, 2019, págs. 39-73
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.22201/iij.24484881e.2019.40.13227
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Common law y civil law: convergencias más allá de una Constitución escrita
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    Resumen Este artículo analiza la convergencia entre los sistemas del common law y civil law en relación con los parámetros de la judicial review, particularmente cuando los principios constitucionales, tanto explícitos como implícitos, funcionan para invalidar leyes ordinarias. También el artículo considera la experiencia canadiense para examinar cómo los no escritos pero implícitos principios constitucionales pueden ser usados para el fin de la judicial review. Y de la misma forma se revisa la teoría de The Invisible Constitution, de Laurence Trible. Finalmente, enfrentamos la cuestión de la Constitución viva, la cual incluye el concepto de Constitución como un instrumento vivo más allá de un texto formal.

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    Abstract This article analyzes the convergence of the common law and civil law systems in relation to the parameters of judicial review, particularly when constitutional principles, both explicit and implicit, work to invalidate ordinary laws. The article also uses the Canadian experience to examine how unwritten but implicit constitutional principles can be used for the purposes of judicial review. It also reviews the theory of The Invisible Constitution, by Laurence H. Tribe. Finally, we face the question of the living Constitution, which includes the concept of the Constitution as a living instrument beyond its formal text.

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