EL CONTROL CONSTITUCIONAL DE LAS LEYES EN ATENAS

Authors

  • Priscila Machado Martins Universidad Central de Chile

Keywords:

Control de las leyes, GraphéParanomon, Norma inconstitucional, Cosa Juzgada constitucional

Abstract

Este artículo pretende entregar una referencia histórica acerca de lo que se puede entender como un tipo de control de las leyes en la Atenas clásica. Si bien puede ser impropio hablar de justicia constitucional en la Antigüedad, específicamente en la Grecia clásica del siglo V a. C., las instituciones atenienses de la “graphê paranomôn” y la “graphê nomon”, correspondían a acciones que buscaban un efecto muy similar al de los instrumentos de control de constitucionalidad de las leyes en el día de hoy, las que además de servir como herramientas que tienden a evitar las antinomias, implicaban una interesante fuente para la comprensión actual de los conceptos de Constitución y Justicia Constitucional.

 

Author Biography

Priscila Machado Martins, Universidad Central de Chile

Doctora en Derecho por la Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile; Titulada en Derecho en la Universidade Norte do Paraná, Brasil; Miembro del Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, n. 241545; Profesora de Derecho Procesal y Derecho Procesal Constitucional en la Universidad Central de Chile.

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2017-09-07

How to Cite

Machado Martins, P. (2017). EL CONTROL CONSTITUCIONAL DE LAS LEYES EN ATENAS. Revista De Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos, (39). Retrieved from https://rehj.cl/index.php/rehj/article/view/845

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Historia de las Instituciones