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The Weaknesses Of Criticism Against Supermajority, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
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.
Supermayorías A Nivel Legislativo. Los Problemas Del Debate Y Una Propuesta Metodológica, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Supermayorías A Nivel Legislativo. Los Problemas Del Debate Y Una Propuesta Metodológica, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Sergio Verdugo R.
Se analiza el debate institucional relativo a si deben o no permanecer los quórums legislativos súper-mayoritarios (esto es, aquellos mayores a la mayoría simple) en la Constitución. El autor critica la manera en que la discusión ha tenido lugar desde la perspectiva académica. Luego, revisa los alcances y límites de los argumentos favorables a las supermayorías, defendiendo la idea de que ellas pueden servir de forma instrumental algunos fines legítimos que son compatibles con la democracia. Las implicancias de este trabajo alcanzan a algunas leyes orgánicas constitucionales y, también, a las leyes de quórum calificado, a las que se les …
Democratic Objection Against Judicial Review Of Legislation. Institutional Design Alternatives And Constitutional Theories, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Democratic Objection Against Judicial Review Of Legislation. Institutional Design Alternatives And Constitutional Theories, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Sergio Verdugo R.
This article reviews the argument through which judicial review of legislation approved by popularly elected bodies, based on the authority of judges who are in a position of preeminence on the other branches of government, is contrary to democracy. Taking Jeremy Waldron´s argument as a central reference, the author discusses some of the assumptions on which the democratic objection of judicial review is elaborated. He argues that separating the notion of constitutional supremacy from the idea of judicial supremacy would allow building a model that overcomes the democratic problem. The author reviews some alternatives provided by institutional designs, and analyses …
Problemas Del Plebiscito Como Instrumento Democrático Y Como Decisor De Políticas Públicas, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Problemas Del Plebiscito Como Instrumento Democrático Y Como Decisor De Políticas Públicas, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Sergio Verdugo R.
No abstract provided.
Regla De Mayoría Y Democracia: El Caso De Las Leyes Orgánicas Constitucionales, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Regla De Mayoría Y Democracia: El Caso De Las Leyes Orgánicas Constitucionales, Sergio Verdugo Sverdugor@Udd.Cl
Sergio Verdugo R.
No abstract provided.