Constitutionalize the law or politicize the Constitution? Threats, risks and dangers in contemporary constitutionalism

• Autor: Hernando Nieto, Eduardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2013
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8896
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/8896
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: contemporary constitutionalism; classic constitutionalism; liberal and democratic values; constitucionalismo contemporáneo; constitucionalismo clásico; valores liberales y democráticos

Since the beginning of modernity, the use of rhetoric have prevailed; that is, the technique of perverting the language giving concepts different meanings presuming nothing have changed when in fact, it has occurred. The same thing happens with the concept of Constitution, it has been completelymodified its sense from the progress of individual rights moral. In this article the intention is to demonstrate the nature of this change and at the same time claim on the «old constitutionalism» validity and also the rule of law and political will beginning on a critical reading of contemporary constitutionalism and considering its tendency to constitutionalize or materialize the law, ironically risking the same values intended to defend.