Derogación y continuidad: dos problemas de teoría jurídica resueltos en la constitución chilena de 1818

: This paper investigates how the Chilean Constitution of 1818 dealt with conflicts between the provisions of the Constitution and the legal system in force at that time, through the use of the concepts of repeal and legal continuity. This fundamental charter regulated both categories by means of clauses of continuity of existing law: colonial law, the application of which by these legislative bodies is analysed in this article. Beforehand, it explains the transactional nature of this fundamental rule, within the framework of the relationship between Law and Revolution that will mark the 19th century.