The judgement on the Catalonian Charter: a vision of the whole

Authors

  • Juan José Solozábal Echavarría

Keywords:

Autonomy, sovereignty, autonomy statute, interpretative completing judgements

Abstract

The Judgement of the Constitutional Court 31/2010 has resolved a constitutional challenge brought against the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The Judgement, a decision of great importance because the nature of the controlled norm, saves mostly the constitutionality of the Statute but on condition of verifying the interpretation of some of its provisions in a certain way and especially considering that the competences set by Statute do not prevent action that even on the same subjects could be implemented by the State exercising the reserved powers under the Constitution. Important to the future of the autonomous State is also the development of the principle of participation that is included in the judgement. Judgement that also confirms the legitimacy of the inclusion of identitarian content in the statutory reserve.

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