ELS EFECTES DE LA STC 31/2010, DE 28 DE JUNY, SOBRE EL RÈGIM LINGÜÍSTIC DE L'ESTATUT D'AUTONOMIA DE CATALUNYA

Abstract

In this article, after identifying the basic objectives of statutory reform in languages, the general characteristics of the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court in Constitutional Court Ruling 31/2010 and its effects on the statutory linguistic regime. Specifically, the object of critical analysis will be the arguments and interpretative declarations formulated by the Court in relation to the statutory principles of autochthonous language and official status and the sectorial linguistic prescriptions that cover the rights andprinciples related to institutions and public bodies, as well as the authorisation of their staff to use official languages, teaching and the socio-economicsphere. The final reflections will include a transversal reading of the Ruling,within the necessary context in which it is inscribed, from the perspective of self-governance of Catalonia in terms of language.

Keywords

• languages
• offi cial status
• statute of autonomy
• constitutional jurisdiction