RECENSIONESLa sociedad anónima y la responsabilidad de sus administradores. Tratado teórico y prácticoPablo Manterola1 11 Profesor de Derecho Comercial, Universidad de los Andes Santiago, Chile.No es frecuente en nuestros días ver publicado un libro de más de mil páginas. En esta época que ha renunciado a la redacción de códigos y que se conforma con “leyes cortas”, y en que la...
RECENSIONESConstitucionalismo crítico en tiempo real: El proceso constituyente en ChileRené Tapia1 1 Joan Oró FI 2024, Universitat de Barcelona“Constitucionalismo crítico en tiempo real” es una obra pionera en abordar en forma rigurosa los recientes intentos fallidos de cambio constitucional en Chile, desde una perspectiva jurídico-constitucional, tanto respecto del intento de la...
This article aims to analyze the level of implementation of the statute of the political opposition in Colombia. To this end, using the legal analytical method, it analyzes the political, social and legal context that preceded and justifies the “Law No. 1909 of 2018, which adopts the Statute of the political opposition and some rights to independent political organizations...
The declaration of bankruptcy liquidation of a capital company, although it does not involve its dissolution or the cessation of the function of its organs, generates a situation of special complexity, in which two different legal statutes coexist, corporate and bankruptcy. This work addresses the effects of bankruptcy on the operation of the company and, particularly, some...
This paper aims to reconstruct the complex relationship between man and nature in medieval legal civilisation from an interdisciplinary perspective. After outlining the essential features of medieval thought on nature, which is essential to place law in its proper context, we will first deal with the jurists’ reflections on nature and, secondly, we will analyse two legal...
The recognition and preservation of the rights of children to determine their family status and to safeguard their identity should be considered a priority in terms of access to justice to ensure the principle of filial equality. From this approach, an analysis of suitability, necessity and proportionality is proposed to establish the reasonableness of the Argentine system...
The enshrinement of the climate change issue in the Chilean legal system through, in particular, Law No. 21.455 Framework for Climate Change of 2022, has made all public policies more complex. This research questions the object, nature, scope and political-institutional and legal challenges of the incorporation of the climate variable in the Chilean territorial planning, and...
In the few opportunities in which article 2514 of the Civil Code has been commented on, it has been done mainly with respect to the indemnity action, analysing whether its requirements must be satisfied prior to the computation of the statute of limitations. However, in this paper we intend to give a subjective interpretation of article 2514 of the Civil Code, demonstrating that...
The purpose of this text is to reflect on the particularities of the right to one’s own image in relation to patients in Chile. The legislator provides a protection of the right to the image in Law Nº 20.584, although such protection can be categorized as generic and insufficient. In this sense, a more coherent treatment of the right to image is proposed by means of a systematic...
In this paper, the author describes the main interpretation techniques applied by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the US Supreme Court with respect to the right to privacy, particularly focusing on how both courts have anchored reproductive rights to the scope of protection of the right to privacy. Special emphasis will be placed on the ratio decidendi of the rulings...
EDITORIALEN MEMORIA DEL PROFESOR DR. TORSTEN STEINMARÍA ANGÉLICA BENAVIDES* 1 1 Profesora de Derecho Internacional Público, Universidad Central, Santiago, Chile.La solicitud de participación en el editorial de una revista, y más en la Revista Chilena de Derecho, es siempre un honor y una petición que alegra el espíritu de todo académico. Sin embargo, a esta editorial la precede y...
RECENSIONESProtección imperativa de la familia en el Derecho sucesorioFrancisco González Hoch1 http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7831-1817Francisco Alvarado García2 http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5077-93181 Profesor de Derecho Civil, Universidad de Chile. Master of Laws (LL.M.), Universidad de Harvard.2Profesor de Derecho Civil, Universidad de Chile. Master of Laws (LL.M.), Universidad de...
The amendments introduced by the Mental Health Act, No. 21.331, recognize the right to a progressive autonomy for children and adolescents in matters of consent, keeping the exercise of informed consent in their parents or legal guardians, making illegal, even with their approval, any procedure involving their sterilization. However, in the context of gender identity disorder...
After almost two decades of discussions, the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) was adopted on 19 June 2023. This paper addresses Chile’s most relevant concern under the new treaty: zonal management measures, including the creation of marine protected areas. It analyzes how the...
This article examines the complexities of health insurance in Spain, focusing on the legal relationships within a contractual framework. The ambiguity in action classification fosters uncertainty and lack of legal certainty, under the guise of protecting the injured party, simplifying compensation claims when liability between the insurer and the physician is unclear. The study...
This paper analyzes the new regulation of juvenile violation of sentences, established through Law No. 21,527. After specifying its legal nature, concept and basis, the article offers an interpretation of the meaning and scope of the new regulation. Additionally, the text examines the problem related to the temporary application of said regime, considering the legal vacancy rules...
Despite the absence of a legal provision recognizing the existence of a right to be forgotten, Chile and Peru have each experienced a profuse but winding case law on this matter. This article presents a comparative analysis of the jurisprudence of the Chilean Supreme Court and the Peruvian administrative jurisprudence and the recent decisions of the Constitutional Tribunal...
The article examines the constraints that follow from the so-called “prohibition of analogy” for the judicial interpretation of penal legislation, rejecting the recourse to the “possible literal meaning” criterion. On the basis of the semantic pragmatism articulated by Brandom, it further analyzes the asymmetry of the relationship of reciprocal recognition that needs to hold...
The present work exposes the way in which it is considered that the effects applicable to the plural concurrence of crimes occurring in the context of elections should be resolved. It details the reasons why it considers that the most traditional doctrine is mistaken in the consequences it proposes for constellations of cases, particularly because it starts from the basis that...
In this article, it is proposed that the subjective interpretation seeks the concrete intention, while the objective one seeks what an ideal model would have agreed upon. It is argued that, notwithstanding the fact that the distinction may be rather blurred, in our legal tradition the subjective model prevails, since the objective reveals when it is not possible to reconstruct...
EDITORIALDISCURSO EN SEMINARIO HOMENAJE DE CINCUENTA AÑOS DE LA REVISTA CHILENA DE DERECHO | CHILEAN JOURNAL OF LAWÁLVARO PAÚL* 1 , Director1Director de la Revista Chilena de Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Muy buenas tardes, les agradecemos sinceramente su presencia en esta celebración, especialmente a nuestros invitados que accedieron a...
RECENSIONESControl de Convencionalidad y Estado Constitucional de Derecho. Consideraciones sobre la Doctrina creada por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos HumanosLigia De Jesús Castaldi* *LL.M., Harvard Law School. Profesora de Derecho Internacional, Ave María School of Law.Control de Convencionalidad y Estado Constitucional de Derecho es una lectura obligatoria para jueces...
The present work focuses on the study of the potestas variandi in Chile with a double purpose, on the one hand, to analyze its origin with respect to the administrative contract; and, on the other hand, propose the conditions or budgets that must be observed in the exercise of this by the State Administration bodies. To do this, we will begin with a general characterization of...
In German criminal procedural law, it is possible to forbid the judge to assess a certain piece of evidence regardless of whether it has been legally obtained. This institution is called in German unselbstständiges Beweisverbot. The main justification for such exclusionary rule is constitutional: the assessment of a piece of evidence could lead to a violation of the fundamental...
This article seeks to clarify to what extent the universal aspiration of the Chilean social assistance system -embodied in the Intersectoral System of Social Protection- is compatible with the imposition of conditions that limit access, and enjoyment of benefits aimed at providing a social minimum below which no one should fall. The hypothesis put forward is that the universality...