Inter-American Judicial Constitutionalism: On the Constitutional Rank of Human Rights Treaties in Latin America through National and Inter-American Adjudication |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
TOPDOWN INTERAMERICAN JUDICIAL CONSTITUTIONALISM | 15 |
CASE | 29 |
a CastilloPáez | 36 |
Contempt Laws Desacato | 42 |
THE INTERAMERICAN CONVENTIONAL REVIEW | 48 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS | 61 |
INTERAMERICAN JUDICIAL CONSTITUTIONALISM FROM BELOW | 65 |
JUDICIAL REVIEW AS A BRAKE ON CONSTITUTIONALIZATION TRENDS | 137 |
The Case of Guatemala | 144 |
Prevalence of Domestic Law over International Law | 151 |
E CONCLUDING REMARKS | 157 |
A MIGRANT CONCEPT | 163 |
B CLASSIFICATION | 182 |
TECHNIQUES OF BLOCKBUILDING | 190 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS | 196 |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | 75 |
c The Block of Constitutionality and the Transitory Regime | 81 |
Common Constitutional Clauses Invoked for Constitutionalizing Human Rights Treaties | 90 |
b Honduras | 96 |
Introducing the Block of Constitutionality Doctrine through the Primacy Clause | 102 |
b First Attempts of Persuasion with the Thesis of Indirect Unconstitutionality | 108 |
Constitutionalization of Human Rights Treaties as an Oscillating and Reversible | 115 |
THE CASES OF BOLIVIA | 121 |
c The Expandable Area | 202 |
c Some Considerations on the Convention of Belém do Pará | 208 |
a Ruling on Relevance of InterAmerican Judicial Standards | 234 |
THE RISE OF INTERAMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM | 243 |
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ANNEX | 283 |
Common terms and phrases
American Convention amnesty laws amparo application Argentina Article artículo Block of Constitutionality bloque de constitucionalidad Bolivia Chile Colombia Constitutional Block Constitutional Chamber constitutional law constitutional norms constitutional rank constitutional text Constitutional Tribunal Constitutionality doctrine constitutionalization of HRT Convención conventionality control convergence Corte Costa Rica countries Court of Human criminal CSJ/SC decisions declared derechos humanos direitos domestic law domestic level Dominican Republic Ecuador effects El Salvador Estado Fallos forced disappearance Guatemala hierarchy Honduras human rights treaties human rights violations IACHR Ibid included Inter-American Commission Inter-American Court inter-American system international human rights international instruments international law international norms international treaties interpretación jerarquía Judgment of November judicial constitutionalization jurisdiction jurisprudence Justice Latin American legislation Mapiripán Massacre Merits national constitutional courts national courts Nicaragua normas Panama parameter of constitutionality political principios principle protection rank of HRT ratified recognized Reparations and Costs Salvador supra note Supreme Court tratados internacionales Venezuela