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Gargarella, Roberto --- "Equality" [2017] ELECD 908; in Dixon, Rosalind; Ginsburg, Tom (eds), "Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 176

Book Title: Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America

Editor(s): Dixon, Rosalind; Ginsburg, Tom

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369209

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: Equality

Author(s): Gargarella, Roberto

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores the trajectory of the principle of equality in Latin American constitutionalism. During the “founding period,” most constitutions in the region included mere references to a principle of formal equality. However, after some decades, this initial position became transformed into a bold commitment to substantive equality. In present times, it is not uncommon to find references to affirmative action, group rights, actual equality of opportunities for men and women, and other egalitarian initiatives. Keywords: formal equality, substantive equality, affirmative action, democracy, prior consultation, constitutionalism


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