05-01-202605-01-2026<p>Law, as a language, fulfills different communicational functions that it achieves, largely, through the use of narrative tools and devices. Among them, legal fictions stand out, which, far from portraying reality, seek to create a legal truth. In the case of constitutional fictions, these are often misinterpreted, leading to their degeneration. In this text, beyond offering a conceptual approach to the figure of constitutional fictions, an introductory analysis is offered as to how this has occurred in the context of the new Latin American constitutionalism.</p>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessConstitutionConstitutional FictionsConstitutional LawConstitutionalismLegal FictionsNew Latin American ConstitutionalismConstitutionConstitutional FictionsConstitutional LawConstitutionalismLegal FictionsNew Latin American ConstitutionalismConstitutional Fictions: introductory Elements for the Study of Legal Fictions in the Constitutions of the New Latin American ConstitutionalismFicciones constitucionales: elementos introductorios para el estudio de las ficciones jurÃdicas en las constituciones del nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericanoArticle