THE APPLICATION OF LEGAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE RULINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Abstract

The Constitutional Court does not only interpreting the Constitution in judicial review cases. The Court also applies legal construction which include constitutional construction and statutory construction. This article aims to identify this approach in the Court rulings. It also seeks to find conditions that trigger the Court to venture on discovering the law by applying legal construction.

Keywords

• The Constitutional Court, interpretation, constitutional construction, statutory construction