The existence of a constitutional control is the essential cornerstone in any democratic system. Without a constitutional justice it is impossible to maintain a pluralist democracy with a real rule of law. The Tunisian constitutional history is emblematic of the relevance of the constitutional review. This article outlines the difficult and hampered life of the Tunisian constitutional justice that crossed two authoritarian regimes: a “revolution”; and the transition to democracy. It is in the latter phase that the creation of the constitutional court proved to be the paramount element in the passage from a procedural democracy to a substantive democracy.

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突尼斯宪法审查的幽灵：威权主义、向民主和法治的过渡

宪法控制的存在是任何民主制度的基本基石。没有宪法正义，就不可能维持具有真正法治的多元民主。突尼斯宪法历史是宪法审查相关性的象征。本文概述了跨越两个专制政权的突尼斯宪法司法艰难而受阻的生活：“革命”；以及向民主的过渡。正是在后一个阶段，宪法法院的建立被证明是从程序民主到实体民主的关键因素。