The jurisprudential development of the concept of threat as a precontition for the “Acción de Protección”

Authors

  • Carlos Díaz Muñoz Ayudante de la cátedra de Derecho Constitucional, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile
  • Nicolás Facuse Vásquez Ayudante de la cátedra de Derecho Constitucional, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This article sets out the main results of a doctrinary and essentially jurisprudential investigation, developed in order to clarify the origins, sense, evolution and scope of threat hypothesis as a precondition in case of affectation of constitutional rights protected by the “Acción de Protección”. The analysis, based on the positions of different authors and judicial pronouncements over the years, related to this matter, enables the authors to propose a concept of threat and to define its elements.

Keywords:

Acción de Protección, Recurso de Protección, threat, Jurisprudence, Doctrine, Political Constitution