Constitutional Dismemberment in Latin America

Some constitutional changes are constitutional amendments in name alone. These unusual constitutional changes dismantle the basic structure of the constitution while at the same time building a new foundation rooted in principles contrary to the old. They are self-conscious efforts to repudiate the essential characteristics of the constitution and to destroy its foundations. We should not understand changes on this scale as mere amendments. They are better understood as constitutional dismemberments. These constitutional changes disassemble one or more of the constitution’s elemental parts by altering a fundamental right, a load-bearing structural design, or a core aspect of the identity of the constitution. In this article, we draw from three jurisdictions in Latin America—Brazil, Chile, and Colombia—to illustrate this phenomenon, to expose its variations, and to suggest that it entails serious implications.

• Autores: Albert, Richard; Zaiden Benvindo, Juliano; Jiménez Ramírez, Milton César; Villalonga, Cristian
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Repositorio: Biblioteca Digital Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bdigital.uexternado.edu.co:001/11463
• Acceso en línea: https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/handle/001/11463; https://doi.org/10.18601/01229893.n52.04
• Palabra clave: Reforma constitucional,; desmembramiento constitucional,; procedimientos de reforma constitucional,; cambio constitucional en Latinoamérica,; Constitución de Brasil,; Constitución de Chile,; Constitución de Colombia; Constitutional amendment,; constitutional dismemberment,; constitutional amendment procedures,; Latin American constitutional change,; Brazilian Constitution,; Chilean Constitution,; Colombian Constitution
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2