Constitutional Compacts and Judicial Review in Spain, South Korea and Colombia: a Comparative Approach
type: CreativeWork
description: In the last quarter of the twentieth century Spain, South Korea, and Colombia were immersed under specific circumstances of institutional crisis. At these three countries, society and leaders combined undertook the task to solve said crisis. Part of the foreseen solution involved, in general, the adoption of a new constitution or at least the amendment of the existing one. In a more particular way, at these countries the establishment of a constitutional court represented the future validity of the constitutional consensus. Therefore, the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the 1987 South Korean Constitution, and the 1991 Colombian Constitution, reflect those compacts required for surpassing the previous crises. Constitutional Courts then, emerged as the guardians of the constitutional compacts, and of the consensus they symbolized toward the future.
abstract: In the last quarter of the twentieth century Spain, South Korea, and Colombia were immersed under specific circumstances of institutional crisis. At these three countries, society and leaders combined undertook the task to solve said crisis. Part of the foreseen solution involved, in general, the adoption of a new constitution or at least the amendment of the existing one. In a more particular way, at these countries the establishment of a constitutional court represented the future validity of the constitutional consensus. Therefore, the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the 1987 South Korean Constitution, and the 1991 Colombian Constitution, reflect those compacts required for surpassing the previous crises. Constitutional Courts then, emerged as the guardians of the constitutional compacts, and of the consensus they symbolized toward the future.
author: Gonzalez, Rodrigo
language: English
keywords: Constitutional law, Spain, Korea, Colombia, Comparative and Foreign Law
date published: 2010-07-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:12:01Z
provider: Washington University in St. Louis
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Washington University in St. Louis