25 October 2019
Constitutional Conflicts
Can the actions perpetrated by the leaders of the secessionist movement be understood to be crimes under Spanish law? Does the Spanish Constitution or international law protect those actions in the name of fundamental rights, including the right to protest? The Spanish Supreme Court deals with these issues in its lengthy opinion. A reply to José Luis MartÃ's assessment of that decision. Continue reading >>
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22 March 2017
The Catalan Secessionist Movement and Europe – Remarks on the Venice Commission’s Opinion 827/2015
The Venice Commission has issued an opinion on a Spanish statute on the Constitutional Court's authority. This statute is to be read as a concrete response to the Catalan secessionist movement. The Commission now reveals the European perspective on it... Continue reading >>
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