Amnesty in Spain

Constitution an rule of law

Aragón, Manuel (ed.)
Gimbernat Ordeig, Enrique (ed.)
Ruiz Robledo, Agustín (ed.)

This book arose from the perplexity of its three promoters: hearing a significant number of proponents of amnesty (whether politicians, journalists, or jurists) claim that the majority of jurists were expressing support for its constitutionality and that the few who did not were presenting very weak arguments. As this was not the impression they held, they set out to compile opinions contrary to the constitutionality of amnesty. The result proved remarkable: over sixty highly respected authors contributed 78 critical texts concerning the amnesty arising from the PSOE-Junts pact. Readers are invited to assess the quality of the arguments presented and to pursue their enquiries regarding the number of jurists who have defended amnesty. To us, the balance seems clear in terms of both the sheer number of jurists and the strength of the arguments