About the models of supreme courts and the overruling of precedents

• Autor: Delgado Suárez, Christian
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/16747
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/16747
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Supreme Courts; control of legality; binding precedent; overruling; reactive role; proactive role; Cortes Supremas; control de Legalidad; precedente vinculante; función reactiva; función proactiva

The task of the Supreme Courts and the Constitutional Courts has undergone an evolution through years of history, from its classic reactive role to a more proactive one, which prevails in the current models.In this article, the author analyzes this evolution describing the roles -and their basis- of control of legality, as a classical function, and to give meaningto the normative text and complete the meaning of the legislative document with binding precedents, as a contemporary function. The author completesthe analysis focusing on the overruling and its application in Perú.