How Do Chilean Courts Rule And What Are Your Chances?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchmen?) – A question that goes all the way back to Platon and made famous by Roman poet Juvenal.

This leads to the question in modern times – Who supervises the judicial system considering that only they have the constitutional obligation and power to interpret and apply the law in the name of the state?

Firstly, it must be said that most systems, including the Chilean one, have several actions to review judicial rulings or sentences by an upper court. However, it useful to hear an outsiders perspective re-counting the way Judicial Courts are actually ruling.

In this regard, pro judicial reformers worldwide have recently emphasized the need to increase judicial accountability through oversight committees known as judicial councils.