Power and Constitution: The Argumentation of the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal Case-Law and Its Problems

This work has the purpose of clarifying and critically evaluating the doctrine of «unconstitutional constitutional amendments» of the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal. From a mainly constitutional perspective, although complimented with a legal philosophy approach, this work defends that the&nbs...

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Authors: Valdivia Aguilar, Trilce, Chávez-Fernández Postigo, José
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Perú
Institution:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repository:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30021
Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/30021
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Peruvian Constitutional Court
Jurisprudential argumentation
Conception of the Constitution
Unconstitutional constitutional reform
Constitutional identity
Tribunal Constitucional peruano
Argumentación jurisprudencial
Concepción de la Constitución
Reformas constitucionales inconstitucionales
Identidad constitucional
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Summary:This work has the purpose of clarifying and critically evaluating the doctrine of «unconstitutional constitutional amendments» of the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal. From a mainly constitutional perspective, although complimented with a legal philosophy approach, this work defends that the Constitutional Tribunal basically maintains a substantialist or value-based conception of the Constitution—where constitutional amendments are subject not only to institutional limits, but also to material limits. It is also evident that this implicit conception, despite its plausibility, suffers from important imbalances that need to be corrected.