EL FUMUS BONI IURIS COMO CRITERIO CONTRARIO AL SOLICITANTE DE MEDIDAS CAUTELARES. ¿UN TRAIDOR ENTRE LOS ALIADOS? Comentarios a los autos del TSJ de Cataluña, de 16 y 17 de junio de 2006, sobre suspensión cautelarísima del referéndum sobre la reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña.

Abstract

The right to obtain interim measures (medidas cautelares) granted by judges in cases of judicial review of administrative acts is a constitutional requirement stemming from the right to an effective judicial protection. Moreover, Spanish lawmakers have provided for a special kind of interim measures granted inaudita parte (medidas cautelarísimas). The first and only criterium that Spanish administrative judges applied to grant (or deny) interim measures was the periculum in mora. However, as an influence of the European Community law, also the fumus boni iuris criterium has been taken into account. The enforcement of this last criterium in the Spanish legal order was considered as a benefit for the citizens, since it would certainly lead the judges into granting the requested interim measures. Some recent court decisions hereby analyzed, however, have apparently used the fumus boni iuris to turn down citizens demands.