LA MUERTE DE UNA CONSTITUCIÓN. La experiencia del proceso constituyente de Venezuela de 1999, desencadenado por unas sentencias de la Corte Suprema de Justicia del 19 de enero de 1999

This book of Professor Allan R. Brewer-Carías refers to the constituent process that took place in Venezuela in 1999, following two decisions of the Supreme Court, which lead to the convening of a National Constituent Assembly not established in the 1961 Constitution. Such Assembly, assumed in violation of the Constitution all powers of the State giving a "constituent coup d'État," dislacing all the constituted powers. The book also includes articles from Professors Jorge Prats (Domiican Republic), Alessandro Pace (Italy), Georges Liet-Vaux (France), and from the following Venezuelan Professors: de Juan Manuel Raffalli, Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, Víctor Hernández Mendible, Carlos Luis Carrillo Artíles, Ricardo Antela Garrido, Lolymar Hernández Camargo, Michael Núñez Torres y Rafael Estrada Michel, Jaime Grimaldo Lorent, Ricardo Combellas, Jesús María Casal H., Tulio A. Álvarez, Eduardo Piacenza, Carlos García Soto, Gustavo Grau Fortoul, José Ignacio Hernández y Miguel J. Mónaco.