A constitued constituent process? Chile’s failed attempt to replace Pinochet’s constitution (2013-2019)

Pablo Contreras; Domingo Lovera

doi:10.4013/rechtd.2021.133.03

A constitued constituent process? Chile’s failed attempt to replace Pinochet’s constitution (2013-2019)

Pablo Contreras
, Domingo Lovera

Universidad Central de Chile

Universidad Diego Portales

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A Constituição do Chile de 1980 foi imposta à força por uma ditadura sangrenta. O seu pecado original, porém, não foi a única falha democrática. As regras ou fechaduras constitucionais foram concebidas para ter uma democracia protegida que limitava o exercício da soberania popular. Até hoje, o Chile é a única democracia latino-americana que ainda não substituiu os fundamentos normativos substantivos sobre os quais a ditadura cimentou o seu poder.

O documento examina como a teoria do poder constituinte constituído pode ter resultados ambivalentes, tomando o estudo de caso do Chile. Em particular, avalia a tentativa do ex-Presidente Bachelet de substituir a Constituição ao abrigo das regras actuais. Embora tal projecto tivesse inicialmente o potencial de transformar verdadeiramente o quadro constitucional do Chile, falhou sob as limitações dessas regras de emenda.

Idioma original	Portugués (Brasil)
Páginas (desde-hasta)	297-314
Número de páginas	18
Publicación	Revista de Estudos Constitucionais, Hermeneutica e Teoria do Direito
Volumen	13
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2021.133.03
Estado	Publicada - 24 may. 2022

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