La independencia del Poder Judicial en la historia constitucional española

Abstract

In 1978, Spanish Constitution established Judicial Power General Council in an attempt to achieve the independence of the judiciary. During nineteenth and twentieth centuries, constitutional provisions dealing with the Judicial power were a complete failure, because in practice Executive power interfered with the judiciary exercing removal power. Only in two short periods (a few months in 1873 and three years between 1923 and 1926) there were true attempts to establish a real judicial selfgovernment. This article approaches the provisions dealing with Judicial power in our constitutional history and their operation in practice.