Revista de Derecho Político (Dec 2014)

¿Regeneración democrática? Algunas reflexiones sobre la nueva ley orgánica 4/2013, de 28 de junio, de reforma del Consejo General del Poder Judicial // Democratic regeneration? The new O. Law 4/2013, 28th june on reform of the G. Council of the Judiciary

  • Rosa María Fernández Riveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.91.2014.13221
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 91
pp. 137 – 182

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Summary I.- Introduction II.- The new organic Law 4/2013, 28th june on reform of General Council of the Judiciary: gestation context reform; a) The Sudoku of the entry into force, b) Specific normative aspects in one organic law, it’s has only an article, c) difficult puzzle in its development. III.- Content of reform: 1.- Council competences 2.- How to choose its members 3.- The new system to renewal the Council 4.- Temporary members of General Council of the Judiciary 5.- The new structure and distribution of competences between General Council of the Judiciary Organs, in special, its Vice-president: a) A permanent Commission: very strong and very relevant with permanent members, b) A Vice president of Supreme Court like “alter ego” of General Council of the Judiciary President, c) A professionalized Organ with specialists staff, d) the Majority rule in general. The new system of the General Council of the Judiciary Acts. 6. Transformation of the disciplinary Committee. The Promoter of the disciplinary action. IV.- Last Reflections… RESUMEN Este trabajo analiza la nueva ley Orgánica 4/2013, de 28 de junio de reforma del Consejo General del Poder Judicial, órgano de gobierno de jueces y magistrados. La primera parte estudia los problemas de técnica legislativa en la elaboración de la ley y la segunda, los problemas materiales que plantea como: la modificación y reducción de competencias del Consejo y en especial su Potestad reglamentaria, el nuevo sistema para elegir a sus vocales, las nuevas situaciones y licencias en su proceso de renovación que incitan a la no renovación, la posibilidad de estar en activo en la carrera judicial por parte de algunos vocales del Consejo o la nueva estructura y régimen de actuaciones, entre otros. Todos estos cambios se analizan y estudian observando cierta inconstitucionalidad en algunos. No en vano recientemente se ha presentado un Recurso ABSTRACT This research studies the new Basic Law reform, 4/2013, 28th June of the General Council of the Judiciary which is the governing board of Judges and Magistrates. In one first part analyzes the drafting law problems and other second part discusses about essential aspects in Law like: modification and abridgements of its competences, in especial its traditional regulation competency, the new system to select their members, the new ways to renew the Council encouraging not to renew it, the new compatibilities system or too, the new structure and the different system adopting resolutions, among other problems of course. All mentioned aspects are been studied taking into account their possible unconstitutionality, particularly since the Basic Law has been recently appealed to the Constitutional Court.

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