Derechos adquiridos y retroactividad en el Derecho Público chileno: los debates derivados de la ley de instrucción de 1879

Abstract

A landmark in the treatment of retroactivity and acquired rights took place in
Chilean public law through the application of two Articles of the 1879 statute of secondary
and higher education. Courts fostered a true categorial debate on this subject, concerning
both favorable and restrictive decisions. These controversies show unknown records that
are important for understanding how these legal concepts were acknowledged by nine-
teenth-century liberalism in Chilean Public Law.