The social outburst he detonated last year brought with it a new interest in understanding how the country works. As a result of the unrest, citizens debated in the public and, above all, private spheres, issues such as the national political structure, forms of government and mainly the content of the Political Constitution. Not for nothing did the sale of that publication soar from the demonstrations that took place since 18 October 2019.
In the face of this massive concern, THE USACH Editorial published the Abbreviated constituent glossary, free access, which had great success of dissemination. On this occasion, with the intention of delving a little deeper into the details of Magna Carta, it is published The Constitution commented. As its title points out, the book presents a variety of voices commenting on subsections, articles and chapters of the Fundamental Charter, showing a plurality of visions about it. In total, 32 professionals from different areas break down the Constitution, and the constitutional problem in general, into four chapters: “The Institutional Bases of the Current Constitution”, “Constitutional Rights and Duties”, “On Some Constitutional Bodies and the Constitution Reform”, and finally, “The Silences of the Current Constitution”.
The book was involved in the writing of the book by 15 lawyers and law graduates; the other 17 co-authors are engineers, political scientists, international analysts, sociologists, education graduates and art graduates, to name a few, from different study houses. Among the authors of this publication are the dean of the USACH School of Law, Jaime Bustos; Vice-Dean Cecily Halpern; the Director of the USACH School of Psychology, Marcos Barraza; THE Executive Director of the USACH Rector’s Office, Nicole Sáez; constitutional lawyer Jaime Bassa, of the U. de Valparaiso; political scientist Pamela Figueroa and lawyer Barbara Sepúlveda.
Overcoming individualism and disease
For Juan Pablo Ciudad, lawyer, academic and editor of the publication, “perhaps the greatest constituent challenge will not only be to achieve the incorporation of such or that right or to modify a particular institution, but to overcome through associative practices individualism and apathy to the organization and the involvement in the public”.
With a pedagogical and interdisciplinary vocation, and as expressed in the Prologue its editor, “the annotated Constitution seeks to become an individual and collective tool of education, reflection, deliberation and constituent action”.
The publication, whose paper appearance will be postponed because of the health crisis, will be made available to the public in digital format and free of charge on the website of Editorial USACH, together with other publications released by the Publisher.
“The Commented Constitution” is available for free download at this link: issuu.com/editorial-usach
