José Antonio Montilla Martos

The Function of the Constitutional Court in the Distribution of Competences: A Critical Vision

One of the peculiarities of Spain in the context of decentralised models is the influence of the Constitutional Court in the configuration of territorial structure. One is familiar with the use of the expression “Autonomous jurisdictional State” to define the State of autonomies and numerous works have explained its configuration and development following the rulings of the Constitutional Court. In this context, the influence of the Constitutional Court is especially apparent in the distribution of competences; it is, fundamentally, a “doctrine of competences.”