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Constitutionalism and dictatorship : Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 constitution /

"It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their powers through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive docum...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barros, Robert, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Colección:Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dictatorship, Legality, and Institutional Constraints
  • Dictatorship and Unbound Power
  • Sovereignty, Self-Binding, and Limits
  • Precommitment and Credible Commitment
  • Nonmonocratic Dictatorship and Collective Foundations for Ongoing Institutional Limits
  • The Constitution of the Exception: Defining the Rules of Military Rule
  • Initial Unknowns
  • 1974-1975: The Separation of Powers
  • Defining the Presidency: The Demise of Rotation
  • D.L. No. 527: The Estatuto de La Junta de Gobierno
  • Defining Legislative Procedures
  • Personalization and Authoritarian Institutional Constraints
  • The Constitution and the Dictatorship: The Supreme Court and the Constitutionality of Decree-Laws
  • The Status of the Constitution of 1925
  • The Supreme Court and Decree-Laws
  • The Contraloria and the Legality of Administrative Acts
  • Civil Law and the Limits of Judicial Review
  • The Shadowy Boundary between Force and Law: The Judiciary, Repression, and the Cosmetic Limitation of Emergency Powers
  • Combating the Enemy in Time of War
  • The Supreme Court and Military Justice
  • The Judiciary and the Recurso de Amparo
  • Law and the Boundaries of Prudential Self-Limitation
  • Constitutionalization without Transition: Prompting the Dual Constitution of 1980
  • The 1980 Constitution and Its Discontents
  • Making Sense of the Making of the Dictatorship's Constitution
  • Prompting the Decision to Enact a New Constitution
  • Permanent Military Rule and the Emergence of "The Transition."