History of law, Rule of law and republic in Latin America: closer than farther apart

• Autor: Figueroa Gutarra, Edwin
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Poder Judicial del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Poder Judicial del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.pj.gob.pe:article/1049
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pj.gob.pe/revista/index.php/iusVocatio/article/view/1049
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: history of law; rule of law; Latin America; republic; independence processes; constitutional state; historia del derecho; Estado de derecho; Latinoamérica; república; procesos de independencia; Estado constitucional; história do direito; estado de direito; América Latina; processos de independência; estado constitucional

The history of law represents a dynamic and not a static concept, to the extent that its full conceptual understanding allows for a better understanding of the legal phenomena of the present. Similarly, the transition of Latin American countries towards republican forms of government invariably leads us to the emancipatory processes of the 19th century. We maintain that the consolidation of the idea of the rule of law was fundamental in this transition and, in this sense, represented, through the dissemination of the ideals of freedom and equality, as well as the codification and constitutionalization of the legal system, the notion of the constitutional state, as the most advanced form of the rule of law.