Faculty of Law, University of Concepción
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| Name | Faculty of Law, University of Concepción |
| Native name | Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Concepción |
| Established | 1919 |
| Type | Public |
| City | Concepción |
| Country | Chile |
Faculty of Law, University of Concepción The Faculty of Law, University of Concepción is a Chilean legal faculty located in Concepción, affiliated with the Universidad de Concepción and integrated into the regional academic network of the Biobío Region and the Chilean higher education system. It has historical ties to prominent Chilean institutions and figures, and participates in national debates, collaborating with courts, ministries, bar associations, and international universities. The faculty offers professional and postgraduate programs, engages in comparative law research, and maintains cultural and legal outreach in collaboration with local and national organizations.
History
The faculty was founded amid the expansion of the Universidad de Concepción during the presidency of Javier Ángel Fuchs López and contemporaneous with other Chilean universities such as Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and developed alongside regional institutions like Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and Universidad del Bío-Bío. Early rectors and legal scholars connected to the faculty include figures associated with Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Juan Antonio Ríos, Gabriel González Videla and the political environment shaped by the Chilean presidential election, 1920 and the Chilean presidential election, 1938. The faculty’s legal curriculum evolved under influences from jurists linked to the Supreme Court of Chile, the Santiago Bar Association, and international currents from University of Salamanca, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Bologna, University of Paris, and Harvard Law School. During the twentieth century the faculty responded to constitutional changes like the Chilean Constitution of 1925 and the Chilean Constitution of 1980, and engaged with legal reforms introduced during administrations of Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet. Post-dictatorship legal transitions involved collaborations with commissions such as the National Commission for Political Imprisonment and Torture and organizations including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, and academic partners like Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Campus and Facilities
The faculty is housed within the Universidad de Concepción campus in Concepción, proximal to landmarks such as the Plaza de la Independencia (Concepción), Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo, and the Biobío River. Facilities include lecture halls named for jurists associated with the Supreme Court of Chile and legal scholars with ties to the Chilean Bar Association, moot courtrooms modeled after those at International Court of Justice, moot chambers inspired by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, libraries that hold collections related to authors like Hugo Grotius, Emmerich de Vattel, Cesare Beccaria, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and modern commentators such as Hans Kelsen, Ronald Dworkin, H.L.A. Hart, Michel Foucault, and Antonio Cassese. The campus includes research centers linked to regional institutions including Servicio Nacional de Menores and cultural venues associated with Museo de la Historia de Concepción.
Academic Programs
The faculty offers an undergraduate professional degree in law (Licenciado en Derecho) and postgraduate degrees including magíster and doctoral programs, with syllabi referencing legal traditions from the Civil Code (Chile) and comparative modules on systems like the Napoleonic Code, Common law, and codifications influenced by scholars from Roman law traditions. Courses engage with subjects linked to jurists and institutions such as Andrés Bello, Diego Portales, Arturo Alessandri, Andrés Allamand, Jaime Guzmán, María Luisa Sepúlveda, and legal doctrines examined by scholars at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, and Columbia Law School. Specialized programs include constitutional law, criminal law, civil procedure, international law, administrative law, human rights, environmental law, and maritime law with partnerships involving the Chilean Navy, Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura, and the Ministry of Justice (Chile).
Research and Publications
Research centers within the faculty publish journals and working papers oriented toward constitutional discourse, human rights, and commercial law; publications reference comparative studies involving the European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, World Trade Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Faculty research projects have been funded by national bodies such as the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) and the Ministry of Education (Chile), and engage with international grants from organizations including the United Nations Development Programme, the Ford Foundation, and the World Bank. The faculty’s journals have cited works by scholars like Alejandro Silva Bascuñán, José Zalaquett, Yascha Mounk, Cass Sunstein, Amartya Sen, and comparative case studies involving courts like the Supreme Court of the United States, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación (Argentina), and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Faculty and Administration
The administrative structure includes a dean, departmental chairs, and research directors with professional backgrounds tied to institutions such as the Supreme Court of Chile, Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas, Colegio de Abogados de Chile, and government ministries including the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile). Faculty members have collaborated with international scholars from Georgetown University Law Center, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Leiden University, Australian National University, and legal practitioners who served in administrations of leaders like Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera. Visiting professors have come from institutions such as New York University School of Law, Universidad de Salamanca, Università di Bologna, and the Hague Academy of International Law.
Student Life and Organizations
Student organizations include chapters affiliated with the Chilean Federation of Students (FECH), local bar student groups linked to the Colegio de Abogados de Concepción, moot court teams competing in competitions like the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, International Criminal Court Moot, and regional contests such as the Concurs de Dret Civil and competitions involving universities like Universidad Diego Portales and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Cultural and advocacy groups collaborate with NGOs such as Amnesty International, Fundación Amparo y Justicia, Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes, and municipal programs of the Municipality of Concepción. Student journals and law reviews have published analyses on cases from courts including the Corte Suprema de Chile, European Court of Human Rights, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Notable Alumni and Faculty
Alumni and faculty have gone on to hold positions in the Supreme Court of Chile, the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, the Chilean Senate, ministerial posts in cabinets of presidents like Eduardo Frei Montalva, Ricardo Lagos, and Gabriel Boric, as well as diplomatic postings to missions such as the Embassy of Chile in Argentina and delegations to the United Nations General Assembly. Notable jurists and public figures associated by study or collaboration include names linked to the Constitutional Tribunal of Chile, human rights activists who worked with the Vicariate of Solidarity, and academics who authored works cited by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court.