Publication: La teoría constitucional y la teoría del derecho de Bush II. La Constitución de emergencia entre el Derecho y la propaganda
Loading...
Identifiers
Publication date
2010-01
Defense date
Authors
Advisors
Tutors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas; Dykinson
Impact
Export
Abstract
La doctrina Bush II de Derecho constitucional consiste en cuatro cambios del derecho constitucional positivo de los Estados Unidos, justificados mediante referencia a la excepcional amenaza que las nuevas formas de terrorismo suponen para la seguridad nacional. Bush II se ha arrogado el poder de ordenar la detención indefinida, la vigilancia sin mandato judicial, los asesinatos selectivos,la muerte o la tortura de los arrestados o caídos en la custodia física de los funcionarios estadounidenses. Tales cambios han de ser caracterizados como la aplicación consistente de una peculiar doctrina de derecho constitucional, que afirma la dualidad de la constitución estadounidense. Además, tales los cambios en el derecho positivo y en la doctrina constitucional se sustentan en una concepción ecléctica, minimalista y decisionista del derecho, que niega la existencia de una relación estructural entre el derecho y la razón práctica. Hay razones sobradas para tomarse muy en serio las consecuencias que ha tenido y tendrá la doctrina Bush II de Derecho constitucional, sin que ello implique que nos tomemos en serio el contenido sustantivo de estas teorías, y al hacerlo, contribuyamos involuntariamente a su dignificación.
The Bush II doctrine of constitutional law was aimed at a four-fold change of the US constitution, justified by reference to the exceptional threat to national security posed by new forms of terrorism. Bush II claimed for himself the power to decide the indefinite detention, the search and seizure without judicial warrant, the targeted assassination, and the cruel and unusual treatment (including torture) of all those who ended up under the physical custody of US personnel. These four changes are a concrete manifestation of a larger and very peculiar constitutional theory, which characterizes the US fundamental law as a dual constitution. In its turn, this constitutional theory is anchored to an eclectic, minimalistic and decisionistic conception of law, which denies any structural connection between law and practical reason. There are very good reasons to take very seriously the consequences of the Bush II doctrine of constitutional law, but that does not imply taking seriously the premises of the doctrine, and in such a way indirectly acknowledging it an scholarly dignity that it clearly does not deserve.
The Bush II doctrine of constitutional law was aimed at a four-fold change of the US constitution, justified by reference to the exceptional threat to national security posed by new forms of terrorism. Bush II claimed for himself the power to decide the indefinite detention, the search and seizure without judicial warrant, the targeted assassination, and the cruel and unusual treatment (including torture) of all those who ended up under the physical custody of US personnel. These four changes are a concrete manifestation of a larger and very peculiar constitutional theory, which characterizes the US fundamental law as a dual constitution. In its turn, this constitutional theory is anchored to an eclectic, minimalistic and decisionistic conception of law, which denies any structural connection between law and practical reason. There are very good reasons to take very seriously the consequences of the Bush II doctrine of constitutional law, but that does not imply taking seriously the premises of the doctrine, and in such a way indirectly acknowledging it an scholarly dignity that it clearly does not deserve.
Description
Keywords
teoría constitucional, Estado dual, Poder constituyente, Estado de excepción, Decionismo jurídico, Constitutional theory, Constitution-making and pouvoir constituent, Dual State, Emergency powers, Legal decisionism
Bibliographic citation
Derechos y Libertades: revista de filosofía del derecho y derechos humanos, enero 2010, n. 22, pp. 119-160