Critical analysis of Constitutional law from the new latinoamerican constitutionalism’s perspective. Interview with Rubén Martínez Dalmau

Abstract

What do the current Constitutions of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela have in common? These are all part of what is known asthe new Latin American constitutionalism, a recenttheory of Constitutional Law that offers a new approach to analize the role of constitutionalism inthe present times. THĒMIS-Law Review had the opportunity to interview the main representative of this Latin American constitutionalism, with regard to what this new proposal is about, the solutions it presents, the challenges it faces, as well as the reading it offers about constitutional phenomenons and Constitutional Law institutions.

Keywords

• Derecho Constitucional
• nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericano, Poder Constituyente
• Poder Constituido
• justicia constitucional
• jurisdicción indígena
• derecho al buen vivir
• derechos de la naturaleza