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The chilean criminal law of intertemporal conflicts and the Constitutional Court

Authors

  • Antonio Bascuñán Rodríguez Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Abstract

The article examines a judgment of the Chilean Constitutional Court regarding the constitutional status of the lex mitior-principle (retrospective application of the milder criminal law). The problem examined is the determination of the margin of legislative discretion left by the constitutional entrenchment of the principle.

Keywords:

Time and law, lex mitior (retrospective application of the milder law), legality, saving provision, reform of chilean bankruptcy law, Act 20.720.

Author Biography

Antonio Bascuñán Rodríguez, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Profesor de Derecho Penal de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.