THE AUTHORITY OF LAW & “TOPICS OF CARLOS MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ”

Abstract

This paper will reflect about the authority of law. In that purpose, it will remember, on the one hand, the teachings of Carl Schmitt contained in The Tyranny of Values and The Leviathan in the Theory of State of Thomas Hobbes and, on the other hand, the margin of action that ought to be recognized to the Parliament at the time of the interpreting the constitutionals clauses, particularly in the context of de modern societies in which reigns the “disagreement fact”. The choice of these topics aims, also, to pay tribute to the memory of Professor Carlos María Fernández.