Ley fundamental, supremacía de la constitución y control constitucional: Una aproximación distinta a la sentencia Marbury vs. Madison, y a los orígenes de la justicia constitucional

Abstract

Both constitutionalism and the Rule of Law rise as an insurmountable barrier protecting citizens from the arbitrary exercise of public power. Nowadays, these realities are worldwide accepted, as well as one of their pivotal identifying elements known as constitutional justice. The beginning of the latter, however, is usually a not well studied phenomenon or at most, it is often related to the famous U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison. While exploring the concept of constitution –and its characteristics as a fundamental , supreme and superior law- and its roots in the legal-political constitutional Anglo-Saxon culture, this article poses a different approach to the origins of constitutional control: that as a supporting principle of thej Rule of Law, did, constitutional control did not appear suddenly in a sentence, but rather it is part of a long tradition which was later confirmed by the American judiciary through the three decades previous to the famous decision.

Keywords:

Constitución

Constitucionalismo

Estado de Derecho

Control Constitucional

Marbury vs. Madison

Constitution

Constitutionalism

Rule of Law

Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison

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