EL MODELO DE LA INTERPRETACIÓN CONSTRUCTIVA Y LA PRÁCTICA JURÍDICA EN LOS SISTEMAS DE LA TRADICIÓN ROMANO-CANÓNICA

Abstract

This essay proposes to examine in what measure the constructive interpretation model sustained by Ronald Dworkin in the scope of his theory of law as integrity fits and allows to explain the legal experiences developed under the law systems of the roman-canonic tradition. What it intends to demonstrate is that even though Dworkin’s model does not really fit our legal experience, some of the central arguments of his critic of the positivist model constitute an important contribution to the theory of adjudication and, with some adjustments, effectively help to understand and explain our legal practices. Nevertheless, the constructive interpretation model does not seem to constitute an alternative, but instead a necessary complement to a moderate positivist theory like that of H. L. A. Hart.