Palabras clave
Justicia Constitucional, Derecho Procesal Constitucional, Jurisdicción Constitucional, Control Constitucional, Derecho Comparado.
Resumen
El presente ensayo tiene por objeto destacar las contribuciones de Mauro Cappelletti al derecho procesal constitucional comparado. Se analiza su obra desde el primer libro de 1955 sobre la jurisdicción constitucional de la libertad hasta las obras colectivas de alcance mundial relativas al acceso a la justicia. Partiendo de una semblanza de su vida y la influencia recibida de Piero Calamandrei, se precisa la manera en que utilizó el derecho comparado como sistema de estudio. Sus contribuciones a la justicia constitucional son materia de análisis en varias direcciones: a) clasificación de la jurisdicción constitucional; b) justicia constitucional supranacional; c) control judicial de la constitucionalidad de las leyes, desde sus antecedentes remotos hasta la consagración moderna; d) desarrollo de la judicial review of legislation y del control concentrado; e) convergencia de ambos sistemas; y f) poderes del juez constitucional y su legitimación democrática, entre otros aspectos.
Keywords
Constitutional justice, constitutional procedural law, constitutional jurisdiction, constitutional control, comparative law.
Abstract
This essay highlights the contributions Mauro Cappelletti made to comparative
constitutional procedural law. It analyses his work from his first book (1955) on the
constitutional jurisdiction of liberty, to his internationally relevant collected works on access to justice. Starting with a sketch of his life and the influence of Piero Calamandrei on his thought, the article explains how he used comparative law as a system of study. is contributions to constitutional justice are worth analysing from various angles: a) classification of constitutional jurisdictions; b) supranational constitutional justice; c) judicial control of the constitutionality of laws, from the remote past to modern times, when this has become obligatory practice; d) development of judicial review of legislation and concentrated control; e) convergence of both systems and f) the powers of constitutional judges and their democratic legitimation, amongst other aspects.
constitutional procedural law. It analyses his work from his first book (1955) on the
constitutional jurisdiction of liberty, to his internationally relevant collected works on access to justice. Starting with a sketch of his life and the influence of Piero Calamandrei on his thought, the article explains how he used comparative law as a system of study. is contributions to constitutional justice are worth analysing from various angles: a) classification of constitutional jurisdictions; b) supranational constitutional justice; c) judicial control of the constitutionality of laws, from the remote past to modern times, when this has become obligatory practice; d) development of judicial review of legislation and concentrated control; e) convergence of both systems and f) the powers of constitutional judges and their democratic legitimation, amongst other aspects.