Emergence de la justice constitutionnelle

In: Pouvoirs: revue française d'études constitutionnelles et politiques, Issue 129, p. 101-114

Abstract

Constitutional justice is an integral part of constitutionalism, a system whose purpose is to supervise the power of the government and to protect the liberty of the governed. In Benin, such a mission is fully assumed by the constitutional judge, since the Constitution grants him that competence but, more importantly, since every citizen has the right to appeal to him either directly or because of the potential anti-constitutionality of any law, administrative decree, court ruling, or any attitude that is detrimental to fundamental rights. Adapted from the source document.