The difficult attribution of power regarding the long-term care act ten years later: the Constitutional court 18/2016, of 4 February 2016

Abstract

This analysis deals with the Spanish Constitutional Court Judgment n. 18/2016, of 4 February 2016, in relation to the legal provisions contained in the Act 39/2006 on long-term care which were modified by the Royal Decree-law 20/2012. Attention is focused on the concept of social assistance and the use of section 149.1.1 of the Spanish Constitution.