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INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF STATE IN THE SPANISH CONSTITUTION 1. THE HEAD OF STATE: THE KING 1. 1. Designation 1. 2. Legal Status Página 2 de 6 1. 3. Functions 2. THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT 2. 1. The Composition of Parliament I. Introduction: Imperfect Bicameralism II. Congress III. The Senate 2. 2. The Legal Status of Members of Parliament I. The Parliamentary Mandate A. The character of the Parliamentary Mandate B. The Acquisition and Loss of the Status of Member of Parliament C. Ineligibility and Incompatibility II. Parliamentary Prerogatives A. Concept B. Inviolability C. Immunity D. Special privileges/ Jurisdiction E. Rights and duties of Members F. Collective Prerogatives 2 3. Functions of the Spanish Parliament I. The Legislative Function II. The Budgetary Function III. Controlling the Government Página 3 de 6 IV. Other Parliamentary Functions 2. 4. Operation I. The Internal Organisation of the Chamber A. The Organs of Government B. Plenary Session and Committees C. The Standing Committees II. Operational Norms A. Timetable of Parliamentary activity B. Norms on Debates and Voting 3. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NATION 3. 1. The Constitutional form of the Government 3. 2. The Composition of the Government I. The Members of the Government II. The Election of the President III. The Appointment of the Other Members of the Government IV. The Resignation of the Government 3. 3. The Legal Status of Members of the Government 3. 4. Functions I. The Political Direction of the State II. Executive Function and Regulatory Power III. Functions of the President 3. 5. Operation 3. 6. Public Administration Página 4 de 6 4. JUDICIAL POWER AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 4 1. Judicial Power in the Constitution I. Jurisdictional Power II. Democratic Legitimacy of Judicial Power: the Principle of Submission to the Constitution and the Law III. The Principle of Independence IV. The Principle of Responsibility V. The Principle of Jurisdictional Exclusivity VI. The Principle of Jurisdictional Unity § 2. The Spanish Legal Organisation I. The organizing criteria of the Court scheme II. The territorial Division of Judicial Power III. The Judicial Hierarchy 4. 3. The Government of the Judges: The General Council of Judicial Power I. Justification II. Composition III. Functions 4. 4. Popular Participation in the Administration of Justice 4. 5. The Ministry of Public Prosecutions 4. 6. The Constitutional Court I. Nature and Constitutional Position II. Composition and Structure 4. 7. The Competences of the Constitutional Court Página 5 de 6 I. The Control of the Laws and Norms with the Force of Law A. General Aspects; B. Appeal of Unconstitutionality; C. The Question of Unconstitutionality; II. The Prior Control of Treaties III. The Conflicts of Competences and the Government's Challenge of the Provisions and Rulings of the Autonomous Communities IV. The Conflicts of Jurisdictions among Constitutional organs V. The Conflicts in Defence of Local Autonomy VI. Appeal against violation of human rights 5. INDEPENDENT ORGANS 5. 1. Consultative Organs: The Council of State 5. 2. Organs of Control I. The Court of Auditors II. The Ombudsman III. Other Organs in Defense of Fundamental Rights 5. 3. Economic Organs

Comulsory reading list, outline and summary of each topic, Required reading (papers and articles) Guided practices and study of the spanish institutions on the web

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Oral examination or written at the request of the student Have completed all readings and complementary activities proposed by the teacher during the semester