Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias Xurídicas e do Traballo

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1.- Origins and evolution of Constitutionalism and Constitutional State’s models. Concept of Constitution.	a) Origins of Constitutionalism. b) The Constitutional State. c) Transformations of Constitutionalism. d) Concept of Constitution.
2.- History of Spanish Constitutionalism. The Spanish Constitution of 1978: characteristics.	a) Origins of Spanish Constitutionalism. b) The nineteenth century Spanish Constitutions. c) Characteristics of Spanish Constitutionalism. d) The Spanish Political Transition. e) Features of the Constitution of 1978.
3.- Basic structural principles, principles of the Spanish legal order and values of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.	a) Constitution and legal order. b) Basic structural principles of the Constitution of 1978. c) Basic values of the Constitution of 1978. d) Principles of the Spanish legal order in the 1978 Constitution.
4.- Legal production in the constitutional system. Articulating principles	a) Legal production in the Constitution of 1978. b) Principles articulating the legal system.
5.- Sources of Law. Forms, effects and connections	a) The sources of Law in the Constitution of 1978. b) Typology of sources. c) Definition. d) Effects.
6.- Democratic system.	a) Direct democracy. b) Representative democracy. c) Representation of political parties. d) Electoral regime.
7.- State’s powers. Organization and division of the State’s power: action principles, composition, competences and procedures.	a) Head of State. b) Parliament. c) Government and Administration. d) Judiciary.
8.- Territorial organization of the State	a) General principles of the State’s territorial organization. b) Regional State. Estatutos de autonomía. c) Regions (Comunidades autónomas). Special reference to Galicia.