The Judicial Rationality in Constitutional Stage

This paper defends an intermediate position on the rationality of a con-stitutional judge’s decision making, through the development of a theoretical model called the cognitive restrictor thesis, which is characterized by a series of objective parameters that cognitively construct and guide the deci...

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Author: Muñoz Mendiola, Julio César
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Problema. Anuario de Filosofía y Teoría del Derecho
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16134
Online Access:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/filosofia-derecho/article/view/16134
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Constitutional Judge
Rational Choice
Judicial Decision
Cognitive Restrictor
Procedural Rationality
Juez constitucional
elección racional
decisión judicial
restrictor cognitivo
racionalidad procedimental
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Summary:This paper defends an intermediate position on the rationality of a con-stitutional judge’s decision making, through the development of a theoretical model called the cognitive restrictor thesis, which is characterized by a series of objective parameters that cognitively construct and guide the decision making process in a constitutional venue, with the purpose of establishing a procedural rationality that reduces the spaces of subjec-tivity and arbitrariness of the constitutional judge.