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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170327-210800 https://verfassungsblog.de/damaging-the-legitimacy-of-the-spanish-constitutional-court/ Damaging the Legitimacy of the Spanish Constitutional Court Urías, Joaquín eng 2017-03-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Catalonia Separatism Spanish Constitutional Court Venice Commission Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Spanish legislative burdens the Constitutional Court with the task to prevent Catalonia from pursuing independence. To use the Constitutional Court as the main barricade against any attempt at starting the independence process does tremendous damage to the Court itself as it undermines its perception as neutral arbiter and, thereby, its legitimation.