%0 Journal Article
%T NACI¨®, S¨ªMBOLS I DRETS HIST¨°RICS
%A Joaquim Ferret Jacas
%J Revista d'Estudis Auton¨°mics i Federals
%D 2011
%I Institut d'Estudis Auton¨°mics
%X This article deals with the concept of nation used in Catalonia¡¯s 2006 Statuteof Autonomy and the juridical force that, according to the ConstitutionalCourt¡¯s construction, has. The article highlights that in terms of the conceptof nation, the Ruling undermines its interpretative value in the preamble,but does not make reference to any specifi c device, which in addition tochanging the jurisprudence of the Court, also makes its consequences lessprecise. The Ruling, on the other hand and contradictorily, accepts the adjective¡°nationals¡± as it refers to symbols, because it understands that in this case ¡°nationals¡± comes from ¡°nationality¡±. Finally, it indicates that the ambiguityin article 5 of the Statute leads to the Ruling seeming to declare theAdditional First Provision of the Constitution inapplicable to Catalonia, butit does not clarify the reasons for that inapplicability.
%K nation
%K sovereignty
%K national symbols
%K historical rights
%U http://www10.gencat.cat/drep/binaris/_reaf12_Ferret_tcm112-146926.pdf