Chilean Constitutionalism Before Allende

Legality Without Courts

Bibliographic Data

ID3817636
AuthorsJulio Faundez (University of Warwick, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume29
Issue1
Pages34-50
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00305.x
OpenAlexW2154914164
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

In the 1960s and early 1970s, two political movements in Chile, one led by Eduardo Frei and the other by Salvador Allende, achieved remarkable victories in presidential elections. They both vowed to bring about radical change within the framework of the law. Unfortunately, however, both administrations failed to achieve their objectives. This article, focusing on the 30-year period that preceded these two electoral victories, argues that Frei and Allende's seemingly inordinate faith in the virtues and flexibility of the legal system was firmly rooted in the political system and stemmed from a peculiar form of constitutionalism, which it describes as legality without courts

Allende meteorite · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Principle of legality · Sociology · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Law

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