Abstract

JENSEN, Guillermo E.. One constitution, two republics: federalism, liberalism and democracy in the constitutional thought of D. F. Sarmiento and J. B. Alberdi. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.33, pp.21-40. ISSN 1514-6871.

In the present work we will analyze the different projects of constitutional realization of D.F. Sarmiento and J.B. Alberdi in Argentine constitutional moment (1852-1860), projected under the same federal Constitution, liberal and republican. To do this, we will recover some methodological approaches and tools that will allow us to better understand political theory in constitutional thought. Then we will analyze comparatively the proposals of constitutional realization of Alberdi and Sarmiento referred to the federal organization, the different

conceptions of liberalism that informed their proposals and the place of democracy in the project of republic of both authors.

Keywords : Constitutional history; republic; federalism; liberalism.

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