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2014

Sergio Verdugo R.

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The Weaknesses Of Criticism Against Supermajority, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl Jan 2014

The Weaknesses Of Criticism Against Supermajority, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl

Sergio Verdugo R.

The article critically examines the objections that professors Guillermo Jiménez, Pablo Marshall and Fernando Muñoz have made to the exceptional legislative supermajority rule, defended by Sergio Verdugo in a prior paper of 2012. The objections relies in a biased conception of democracy and political equality. Their arguments conduct to a naïve position that prevents the evaluation of supermajorities in an instrumental way. Verdugo defends the idea that legislative supermajorities are useful given certain conditions and under certain cases.


Leyes De Quórum Calificado Y Debate Constituyente, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl Dec 2013

Leyes De Quórum Calificado Y Debate Constituyente, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl

Sergio Verdugo R.

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