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The Rise and Fall of a Constitutional Moment: Lessons from the Chilean Experiment and the Failure of Bachelet’s Project

—Sergio Verdugo, Professor of Constitutional Law, Universidad del Desarrollo / JSD candidate, New York University; and Jorge Contesse, Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School Five days before stepping down as president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet sent a bill to the Chilean Congress proposing a new constitutional text aimed at replacing the current Constitution. The adoption of a

Published on March 13, 2018
Author: Sergio Verdugo and Jorge Contesse Filed under: Developments

Tags: Chilean Constitution, constitution-making, Michelle Bachelet, Pinochet dictatorship, Sebastián Piñera

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