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The lex mitior-principle and the chilean Constitutional Court

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  • Antonio Bascuñán Rodríguez Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
No. 23 (2015): Segundo semestre
https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i23.38974

Abstract

The article examines the constitutional status of the lex mitior-principle (retroactive application of the milder criminal law). This review provides a frame work for the analysis of a judgment of the Chilean Constitutional Court regarding a case arised by the application of a saving provision of the reform of chilean Bankruptcy law. The problema examined is the determination of the margin of legislative discretion left by the constitutional entrenchment of the principle.

Keywords:

Time and law, lex mitior, retrospective application of the milder law, legality, saving provision, reform of chilean bankruptcy law, Act 20.720

Author Biography

Antonio Bascuñán Rodríguez, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Profesor de Derecho Penal.

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Bascuñán Rodríguez, A. (2015). The lex mitior-principle and the chilean Constitutional Court. Revista De Estudios De La Justicia, (23), pp. 11–68. https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i23.38974
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Revista de Estudios de la Justicia
Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Chile
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