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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

JUSTICIA Y JURISPRUDENCIA CONSTITUCIONAL

English translation:

(Criminal) Justice and Constitutional Law

Added to glossary by laycock
Mar 13, 2012 09:25
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Spanish term

JUSTICIA Y JURISPRUDENCIA CONSTITUCIONAL

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Hola:
Estoy traduciendo un expediente académico de Derecho y se trata del nombre de una asignatura. Es de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. En la página de la Universidad la traducen como "Constitutional Jurisdiction and Case Law". No me acaba de convencer esa traducción. Tampoco parece que la expresión "Constitutional Case Law" sea muy común y al final me inclino por irme a la traducción literal y me queda "Justice and Constitutional Law Cases", que me parece que refleja mejor el contenido de la asignatura. Me gustaría saber cuál es vuestra opinión.
Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 (Criminal) Justice and Constitutional Law
4 Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence
3 Justice and constitutional jurisprudence
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Discussion

esing (X) Mar 14, 2012:
Literal translation Justice and constitutional jurisprudence – literal translation appears to be appropriate. The academic record, it is presumed has content linking case law on rights of individuals in accordance with constitution of the state.
Charles Davis Mar 13, 2012:
@Allegro You are right to pull me up about my statement that constitutional law is by definition case law. It is not. But a large proportion of it is likely to be.
Helena Chavarria Mar 13, 2012:
@Charles Yes, I admit I was only concerned with the jurisprudence part but this is why I posted a discussion and not an answer - I was interested to know what was wrong with "constitutional jurisprudence".
Parrot Mar 13, 2012:
Check out http://biblioteca.uam.es/derecho/docencia/justcon_sanchez.ht... It would seem there is ground for the website description.
Charles Davis Mar 13, 2012:
@Helena Try that search in quotation marks (so you only get this exact phrase with the words in this order) and there's exactly one result: this question!

"Jurisprudence" is a kind of false friend; it really means the philosophy of law, whereas "jurisprudencia" means case law: judicial precedents.
Helena Chavarria Mar 13, 2012:
What's wrong with "justice and constitutional jurisprudence"? Google gives nearly 3,000,000 hits and they all seem to be the titles of books and academic articles.

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(Criminal) Justice and Constitutional Law

I don't think you need to include "cases" here, as the subject will definitely cover case law, precedents etc.
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Note added at 53 mins (2012-03-13 10:19:09 GMT)
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regarding "criminal", I added that as an option simply because it is the most logical and is usually specified by universities.
Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis : I agree. Constitutional law is by definition case law; it consists entirely of judicial interpretation of the constitution. So "case law" would be a tautology here. I see your point about "criminal", but I would omit it; there's no need to include it.
2 hrs
many thanks! ;-)
agree EirTranslations
9 hrs
many thanks Beatriz! ;-)
neutral Emiliano Pantoja : Excuse me Edward, why criminal? In don't understand your note / The Tribunal Constitucional is not exclusively for criminal cases, take a look at the functions of this court
23 hrs
Contextual reasons.//The competence of the constitutional court is not the subject of this question.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Mirando el contenido de la asignatura en UAM (thanks Parrot), está claro que no se refiere solamente a Case Law. Muchas gracias a todos."
5 mins

Justice and constitutional jurisprudence

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4 hrs

Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence

Despite Charles Davis's assertion in Edwards's answer that all constitutional law is caselaw, I disagree. The written constitution of a country is law (statute) as are laws, amendements and regulations made under it.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Emiliano Pantoja : I see what you meen between Basic Law and Constitution. The problem it is difficult to find an equivalent to Tribunal Constitucional in Common Law. Anyway not "criminal"
19 hrs
well...Ireland is a common law country, and it has a constitutional court which tests the constitutionality of laws. It is quite legit to speak of constitutional law, even in England!!
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