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Constitutional tax law

Analysis of the requirements of constitutional adequacy of the rules making up the tax system and verification of the consequences of the declaration of unconstitutionality of a tax rule.

Data protection and privacy on the Internet, in the face of open government and transparency

Administrative information on the Internet, transparency, active advertising, right of access and its limits, especially with regard to data protection and privacy.

Delimitation and scope of Article 24 of the Constitution, with special attention to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court

Article 24 of the Spanish Consitution is the article most frequently invoked in constitutional appeals, which contains the most important list of fundamental rights of a procedural nature in our legal system, and a study that updates its complex content in the light of case law is essential.

Democracy, elections and electoral systems

Democracy and quality of democracy; elections and political and electoral behaviour, political party systems, electoral systems.

Democratic constitutionalism

Relations between legality and legitimacy in the framework of democratic constitutions.

Freedom of expression and information on the internet and hate speech

Analysis of the projection of freedoms on the net and social networks, judicial guarantees, limits, special focus on hate speech.

Fundamental rights against global security

The limits that governments have in introducing measures to protect national security will be addressed. These measures are limited by fundamental rights.

New Latin American constitutionalism

Latin American constituent processes and the new Latin American constitutions.

Political actors and elites: political parties, ministers, MPs, interest groups and social movements

Study of political actors and elites in their organisational, socio-demographic dimensions, experiences, political careers and relations with the political systems.

Political institutions and systems

Political and institutional systems: governments, parliaments, autonomous communities, judiciary, constitutional court.

Political science and local government

Analysis of the legal and institutional framework for local decision-making. Innovative forms of governance.

Political-criminal assessment of modern penal reforms

General study of the political-criminal lines followed by the Spanish criminal legislator in the successive criminal reforms since the entry into force of the Criminal Code in 1995.