The existence of controversial issues is not new in the law, even less in constitutional law. Indeed, issues such as abortion, euthanasia or marriage between persons of the same sex have always generated the most heated debates in any society that can be described as democratic. And the proof of it not only leads to arguments-most of the time, opposite-presented in the debate, but also is seen in the way how these disputes have been resolved. For example, at times these issues have been resolved by the Parliaments-for example, through the adoption of a bill allowing marriage between same sex or, in other times, have been the courts that have mediated in the dispute-as when a Constitutional Court rules that law marriage only between heterosexual couples is unconstitutional as damaging the principle of equality, in order to provide a solution, means ultimately the controversial issue. The ...

Peruvian constitutionalism of the 19th century has several inspiring sources. There is no doubt that one of the main ones was the Spanish, which was due to the historical and cultural ties that united us to that nation. However, we shouldn’t lose sight of the importance that other movements had in the subsequent evolution of our constitutions. In this sense, the case of the French Revolution should be highlighted, which was a movement with universal tendencies whose postulates left an important mark on Peruvian thinkers of that time. This research highlights the main areas in which it has been possible to notice the French influence in the first Peruvian constitutional text. For this purpose, it is specified what the French Revolution meant and how it impacts in our country. Subsequently, the important role that, in this influence, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citize...

En el presente artículo se analiza la evolución de la protección de los derechos fundamentales de las mujeres. Se iniciará examinando las razones que han conducido a una discriminación de carácter histórico en su contra, y, posteriormente, se analizarán las medidas que, progresivamente, se han introducido en el ámbito estatal e internacional con la finalidad de incentivar un trato igualitario respecto de los hombres.

 This research explores the possibility of the existence of a "global constitutionalism". To do this, it analyzes what the globalization process entails and what its impact on the law is. Subsequently, the incidence that it has had in the field of constitutional law is examined. In particular, it will be shown that the marked acceleration of globalization has generated that various concepts associated with state-based constitutional law have been modified, as is the case of notions such as "Constitution" or "territory". In this context, the academic positions related to the so-called "global constitutionalism" will be analyzed, and if this is a viable and desirable trend for humanity, which is usually characterized by the coexistence of different ways of understanding the world.

 This research explores the possibility of the existence of a "global constitutionalism". To do this, it analyzes what the globalization process entails and what its impact on the law is. Subsequently, the incidence that it has had in the field of constitutional law is examined. In particular, it will be shown that the marked acceleration of globalization has generated that various concepts associated with state-based constitutional law have been modified, as is the case of notions such as "Constitution" or "territory". In this context, the academic positions related to the so-called "global constitutionalism" will be analyzed, and if this is a viable and desirable trend for humanity, which is usually characterized by the coexistence of different ways of understanding the world.

Dr. Oscar Andrés Pazo Pineda, Coordinador del Proyecto de Investigación

En este trabajo se parte de la idea de que la evolución constitucional del Perú designa un “proceso” en cuyo acaecer, paulatinamente, se fue consolidando una alteración en la estructura de las relaciones políticas y sociales que se desarrollaron en nuestro territorio, como consecuencia de su regulación –o inflexión– basada en textos constitucionales o por documentos jurídicos que hacían las veces de tales.

This paper is based on the idea that the constitutional evolution of Peru designates a “process” in which happend gradually was consolidated an alteration in the structure of political and social relations that developed in our territory as a result of his inflection , or regulation based on constitutional texts or legal documents that served as such.

El principio de igualdad ha sido objeto de diversos sentidos interpretativos, los cuales han sido, en cierta manera, asociados a distintos momentos históricos. El problema no es de reciente data, ya que, en 1945, Chaim Perelman ya advertía las distintas connotaciones que podía advertirse sobre este principio. En el presente trabajo, se hará referencia a una tradicional clasificación con la finalidad de determinar el impacto de las medidas afirmativas en una sociedad democrática.