Legal aspects of the authoritarian regime in Latin America

Aspectos jurídicos del régimen autoritario en América Latina

Keywords: authoritarianism, Latin America, legal aspects, political regime, rule of law

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to study the legal aspects of the authoritarian regime in some Latin American countries. The research methodology included the use of general and special scientific methods of knowledge, such as: dialectic, historical-legal, formal-logical, hermeneutics, generalization and comparison. It should be pointed out that the results of the research identified four Latin American countries with authoritarian regimes (El Salvador, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela). The legal aspects of the authoritarian regime of each selected country were considered. In addition, different areas of analysis were covered and characterized in the course of the work: (government, protection of human rights, freedom of expression, legislation and prisoners’ rights). It was concluded that each of these countries has common legal aspects of authoritarianism, including the concentration of power in the hands of the president or government, control of the judiciary and legislature, within the framework of dynamics of corruption and systematic violations of human rights.

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Author Biographies

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Skrypniuk, Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Ukraine.

Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Ukraine.

Oleksandr Vasylovych Skrypniuk, Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Full Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, director of the Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Ukraine.

Oksana Vasylivna Burlak, Vasyl Stefanyk Preparation National University. Ukraine.

Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional, International and Administrative Law оf the Educational and Scientific Law Institute of the Vasyl Stefanyk Preparation National University. Ukraine.

Nina Oleksandrivna Doroshchuk, National Academy of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of History
of the State and Law of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

 

Olena Viktorivna Popova, National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine. Ukraine.

PhD., in Law, Associate Professor of the Department Theory and History of the State and Law, National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine. Ukraine.

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Published
2023-08-26
How to Cite
Skrypniuk, O. O., Skrypniuk, O. V., Burlak, O. V., Doroshchuk, N. O., & Popova, O. V. (2023). Legal aspects of the authoritarian regime in Latin America: Aspectos jurídicos del régimen autoritario en América Latina. Political Questions, 41(78), 708-722. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4178.48