Lawmaking and Presidential Attributes in the Chilean Constitution

What’s the Urgency

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ID6101641
AuthorsSergio Huertas-Hernández (0000-0002-2697-3068, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Valeria Palanza (0000-0002-1383-4675, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Year2024
Volume57
Issue2
Pages253-258
Publication date2024-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096523000860
OpenAlexW4390700437
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

In 2019, Chile was struck by an uprising that shook its political structure to the core. Mobilization was so overwhelming that political elites decided—against what they had defended vigorously during past decades—to allow for a comprehensive reform of the Constitution enacted in 1980. Because constitutions allocate decision rights and define their political system as they do so, the process reopened the debate regarding the country’s imbalanced presidential design. This article contributes to the debate on checks and balances in the Chilean political system by examining a specific procedure that promotes imbalance: the urgency prerogative

Constitution · Democracy · Law and economics · Lawmaking · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Prerogative · Presidential system · Sociology · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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