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Correos Electrónicos De Autoridades Públicas: En Torno A Una Mala Caracterización Jurídica, Fernando Muñoz Jan 2012

Correos Electrónicos De Autoridades Públicas: En Torno A Una Mala Caracterización Jurídica, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

Tal como una adecuada caracterización jurídica puede reportar grandes ventajas desde el punto de vista de la sistematicidad y coherencia del sistema jurídico, una mala caracterización puede significar desde una oportunidad perdida hasta un traspié con graves consecuencias.


Langdell’S And Holmes’S Influence On The Institutional And Discursive Conditions Of American Legal Scholarship, Fernando Muñoz Dec 2010

Langdell’S And Holmes’S Influence On The Institutional And Discursive Conditions Of American Legal Scholarship, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

Can we expect changes in the organizational structure of law schools to result in changes in the kind of scholarship they produce? This paper opens up that question and suggests an affirmative answer, putting forward the example of the United States. In American law schools, it is argued, the institutional structure set up by C.C. Langdell and the theoretical orientation laid by O.W. Holmes created the conditions for the emergence of forms of scholarship that question the existing legal and power order and confront legal problems in an interdisciplinary form.


Anef Con Sii: ¿Libertad Sindical, Debido Proceso O Libertades Públicas?, Fernando Muñoz Dec 2010

Anef Con Sii: ¿Libertad Sindical, Debido Proceso O Libertades Públicas?, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

On September 16, 2011, the Court of Appeals of Santiago decided "Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales y otro con Servicio de Impuestos Internos", annulling salary deductions affecting public servants that went on strike on the basis of due process. This solution, however, is unstable as it depends on the mistaken deductions made by the administration. Much less promising for public sector workers is to invoke their labor law rights, which the very Constitution constrains. In this paper I argue that a better balance would be achieved by putting at the center of judicial intervention the civil and political rights of …


"Que Hable Ahora O Calle Para Siempre": La Ética Comunicativa De Nuestra Deliberación En Torno Al Matrimonio Igualitario, Fernando Muñoz Dec 2010

"Que Hable Ahora O Calle Para Siempre": La Ética Comunicativa De Nuestra Deliberación En Torno Al Matrimonio Igualitario, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

This article examines various documents put forward within the context of the discussion on equal marriage currently being held at the Constitutional Tribunal and the legislative process. From this analysis, it concludes that Chilean public deliberation presents an uneven fulfillment of the standards stemming from communicative ethics, which in this article is conceptualized from the perspective of the work of Carlos Nino.


Autonomía Y Responsividad: Sobre La Relación Entre Derecho Y Sociedad, Fernando Muñoz Dec 2010

Autonomía Y Responsividad: Sobre La Relación Entre Derecho Y Sociedad, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

No abstract provided.


Árbol Genealógico Del Consejo De Estado: El Constitucionalismo Autoritario En Nuestra Historia, Fernando Muñoz Dec 2009

Árbol Genealógico Del Consejo De Estado: El Constitucionalismo Autoritario En Nuestra Historia, Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

An appeal to prestige and experience creates a historical continuity between various institutions: the Royal Audiencia, the Council of State, and the “institutional” and for-life senators. This work focuses on the discourse that articulates and unifies these various institutional forms throughout Chilean history, suggesting a context for the study of Chilean constitutional authoritarianism.