Souveraineté and séparation des pouvoirs. French judicial power between bouche de la loi and sceptical juridical realism

Authors

  • Francesco Alicino Università di Bari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i11.263

Keywords:

Sovereignty, separation, interpretation, constitutional regime, judicial power.

Abstract

In the past, under Montesquieu’s influence, the judge was seen as “la bouche del la loi”; today, even in France, under the Théorie réaliste de l’interprétation (TRI) – since there is no limit upon judges’ interpretation – there would be no limit upon their power in determining the legislative and constitutional provisions. In this article the Author aims at defining the judiciary power in the constitutional regime, where the central idea remains the limitation of political authority as well as the protection of human rights.

 

Submission Date: 10/06/2009

Acceptance Date: 14/07/2009

Author Biography

Francesco Alicino, Università di Bari

Doctor en Instituciones y Políticas Comparadas por la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Bari (Italia), y Doctor en Derecho¸por la Universidad Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence (Francia). Entre sus publicaciones más recientes destacan: Delibazione di sentenza ecclesiastica di nullità e limiti di ordine pubblico interno: Le ultime indicazioni delle Sezioni unite (A proposito di cassazione, Sez. Un., 18 Luglio 2008, n. 19809), en «Diritto ecclesiastico», n. 1-2,  2009, pp. 309-331; Esercizi di laicità. Il dibattito sui profili giuridici dello Stato laico in Italia, en G. Leziroli (ed.), La Carta e la Corte. La tutela penale del fatto religioso fra normativa costituzionale e diritto vivente, Pellegrini Editore, Cosenza, 2009, pp. 215-264; Liberté d’expression et religion en France. Les démarches de la laïcité à la française, en «Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale», septiembre de 2008; La Carta europea delle autonomie locali. Il Consiglio d’Europa e il processo europeo di decentralizzazione, en A. Torre, L. Volpe (cur.), Processi di devolution e transizioni costituzionali negli Stati unitari (dal Regno Unito all'Europa). Devolution Process and Constitutional Transitions in Unitary States, Giappichelli, Torino, 2007, pp. 396-419.

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Issue

No. 11 (2010): Historia Constitucional N. 11 (2010)

Section

Southern Europe

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