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Tribunales chilenos y derecho internacional de derechos humanos: La recepción del derecho internacional de derechos humanos en el derecho interno chileno. By John A. Detzner. Santiago: Comisión Chilena de Derechos Humanos, 1988. Pp. xxvii, 182.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Francisco Orrego Vicuña*
Affiliation:
The Law School of the University of Chile

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1990

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References

1 Decree Law No. 247, Dec. 31, 1973, Diario Oficial [D.O.] (Jan. 17, 1974). See, in particular, Opinion No. 2 of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Edmundo Vargas, Jan. 5, 1968, 1968 Memoria del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 346–48; and see further, on the academic input that led to the drafting of that Decree Law, J. Irigoin, La Incidencia del órgano legislative chileno en la conclusión de acuerdos internacionales 93 (thesis, Law School of the University of Chile, 1976).

2 See, for example, the leading case, Lauritzen con Fisco, 52 Revista de Derecho y Jurisprudence, pt. 2, §1, at 478 (1955); and the discussion by Detzner at pp. 26–30.

3 See generally Benadava, Las Relaciones entre el derecho internacional y el derecho inlerno ante los tribunates chilenos, 59 Revista de Derecho, Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales 1 (1962); Irigoin, supra note 1; Orrego Vicuña, La Incorporatión del ordenamiento jurídico subregional al derecho interna. Análisis de la práctica chilena, 7 Derecho de la Integración 42 (1970).

4 See, in particular, the Supreme Court decision in Duncan Fox y Cia. con Dirección General de Impuestos Internos, 30 Revista de Derecho y Jurisprudencia, pt. 2, §1, at 100 (1933), cited by Benadava, supra note 3, at 26. A number of decisions have refused to apply international law as equated to domestic law when the pertinent treaties have not complied with the requirements for domestic entry into force; see cases cited in Benadava, supra, at 20–22.

5 L. Henkin, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution (1972); Henkin, International Law as Law in the United States, 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1555 (1984).

6 Quoc Dinh, Le Conseil Constitutionnel français et les règies du droit public international, 80 Revue Generale de Droit International Public 1001 (1976).

7 Benadava, supra note 3, at 1. This author wrote in conjunction with the phrase quoted by Detzner that it cannot be said that Chilean courts have developed a “constant line of decisions” (jurisprudencia constante), a statement that was omitted from the citation.

8 Decision of the Constitutional Tribunal, Dec. 21, 1987, §3, paras. 25–30, El Mercurio, Dec. 23, 1987, at C11.

9 Gulf Oil Co. con Gobierno de Bolivia, Dec. 10, 1969, 66 Revista de Derecho, Jurisprudence y Ciencias Sociales, pt. 2, § 1, at 311 (1969); English text in 10 ILM 1 (1971).

10 Supreme Court Decisions of July 19, and July 21, 1988, and clarification by Decision of Aug. 2, 1988, upholding diplomatic and consular immunities; texts in Fallos del Mes, No. 356, July 1988, at 390–94 (Civ. Sec. Decision No. 10).

11 See Collier, The United Kingdom, in Individual Rights and the State in Foreign Affairs 602, 628–30 (E. Lauterpacht & J. G. Collier eds. 1977); Leigh, United States of America, in id. at 639, 671–78.

12 See, for example, the dissenting opinions of Justice Carlos Cerda in González Ferrada, Fernando Rodrigo, Recurso de Amparo, Rol 1.837-84, Nov. 22, 1984, as cited at pp. 30–33.

13 Constitutional amendments introduced by law No. 18.825, D.O. (Aug. 17, 1989).

14 Colegio de Abogados, Séptimo Congreso National de Abogados de Chile (July 17–20, 1986), Boletán Informativo, No. 3, August 1986, at 7; and see Detzner’s discussion at pp. 73–74.