宪法法院有权审理国家权力机关之间的职权纠纷,对妨害基本权利的行政行为和法院判决提出的保护性上诉案,条约的合法性,以及法律的违宪性问题。最后一类上诉,可由政府首相、50名众议院议员或50名参议院议员、自治区集体执行机构或者护民官提出,普通法院在诉讼过程中碰到违宪性问题也可以向宪法法院提出。宪法法院的作用一直是显得重要的,尤其是在国家与自治区机构之间的平衡方面。保护性上诉令状最早可追溯到阿拉贡王国,它是一种从19世纪以来就一直在拉丁美洲使用并为1931年的西班牙宪法新采纳的制度。在现行西班牙宪法之下,个人可以借助于这种令 The Constitutional Court has the power to hear the disputes over powers and functions between the organs of state power, the protective appeal against administrative acts and court decisions that prejudice fundamental rights, the legitimacy of the treaty, and the unconstitutional nature of the law. The final category of appeals may be proposed by the Prime Minister of the government, 50 members of the House of Representatives, 50 members of the Senate, collective administrative agencies of autonomous regions or the people’s government officials, and may also be brought before the Constitutional Court for ordinary courts to encounter unconstitutional issues during the proceedings. The role of the Constitutional Court has always been significant, especially in the balance between state and regional institutions. The doctrine of protective appeals dates back to the Kingdom of Aragon as early as the one that had been used in Latin America since the nineteenth century and newly adopted in the 1931 Spanish constitution. Under the current Spanish Constitution, individuals can resort to such orders