Between Legislative Defiance and Legal Security - How Portugal’s Constitutional Court Refused to Re-Open the Debate on Surrogacy
Violante, Teresa
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Verfassungsblog
2019-10-24
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In Portugal, a recent decision of the Constitutional Court rejected another legislative attempt to implement a successful system of surrogacy. For the first time in its 26-year history, the Court faced legislative defiance of its previous case law, but asserted its role as the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution with arguments of “legal security” which provided the formal ground to escape the conflict between branches.
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Violante, Teresa
Constitutional Law
Judicial Review
Legislative
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