LOS DIFERENTES MODELOS DE PARTICIPACIÓN LOCAL EN LOS NUEVOS ESTAUTOS DE AUTONOMÍA

This study examines the different models for local participation in the regional regulatory procedures established for the current process of regional charter reforms. Working from the traditional view that our legal system does not sufficiently protect the constitutionally recognized right to local autonomy, the new regional charters have introduced a series of precautions and mechanisms aimed at strengthening, overall, the system of local government and administration, including the creation of specific local representative bodies with primarily consultative roles to play in the regional regulatoryprocedure. Nonetheless, the markedly heterogeneous configuration of these new local bodies for participation in the various charter texts, as well as the need to clarify some of the more relevant aspects of their exact legalstatus, justify the objective of this study, whose main focus is on determining the duties and composition of these bodies, and identifying the legal repercussions of their activities.