Between Order and Liberty: Juan Bautista Alberdi and the Intellectual Origins of Argentine Constitutionalism

Abstract

This essay explores the intellectual foundings of Argentine constitutionalism from the 1830s to the 1850s. Focusing on the writings of Juan Bautista Alberdi and some of his critics, it argues that Argentine constitutionalism had liberal roots but invoked arguments that could neither bring unity to the state-building coalition nor resolve some basic tensions within the framework of national sovereignty. Enfocándose en los escritos de Juan Bautista Alberdi y sus críticos, este ensayo es un estudio de las bases intelectuales del constitucionalismo argentino en su período formativo durante las décadas claves del siglo XIX, desde la época de Rosas hasta la unión nacional. Su argumento central es que si bien el constitucionalismo argentino tiene fundamentos liberales, éstos estuvieron arraigados en discursos que nunca resolvieron tensiones lógicas y políticas básicas para la formación del estado.

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