Completing the revolution: The political-constitutional debate in Chile, 1829-1833

Authors

  • Gabriel Cid Universidad Diego Portales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.176.01

Keywords:

Revolution, Chilean independence, constitutionalism.

Abstract

The paper examines the political debate after the 1829 Chilean civil war, which sought to find a constitutional formula to institutionally strengthen the gains of Independence and finish the revolutionary process begun with the separation from the Spanish monarchy. The paper explores, from the perspective of intellectual history, the process of constitutional change supported by the deputies of 1830-1833, focusing on some key political problems: the federal issue, the limits of political citizenship, the reflection on the function of law, and the reordering of the balance of powers. 

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