Algunas sentencias de la Corte Suprema que abordan conceptualmente el Derecho de la Libre Competencia
Algunas sentencias de la Corte Suprema que abordan conceptualmente el Derecho de la Libre Competencia
Authors
Marmolejo, Crispulo
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Date
2022
Datos de publicación:
Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, Vol.13, Nº 2, 159-181, 2022
Keywords
Competencia - Derecho de la Competencia - Corte Suprema de Chile - Mercado - Derecho de la Libre Competencia
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Abstract
En el diseño institucional chileno, la Corte Suprema desempeña un rol destacado en el proceso de revisión de las sentencias del Tribunal de De-fensa de la Libre Competencia (TDLC). El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en analizar brevemente ciertas opciones conceptuales empleadas por la Corte Su-prema de Chile, en la fundamentación de algunas de sus sentencias, respecto de la disciplina del Derecho de la Libre Competencia. Para lograr este objetivo, se han analizado 105 sentencias pronunciadas por el máximo tribunal chileno, contenidas en el repositorio de jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia, pronunciadas entre los años 2005 y 2021. En 73 de esas sentencias, no se han hallado propuestas de alguna conceptualización sobre la disciplina del derecho de la Competencia; vale decir, el juzgador no ha estimado conveniente citar una definición de esta área del derecho, particularmente en la parte considerativa de dichas decisiones, al contextualizar el ámbito de aplicación del derecho de la competencia. Sin embargo, en las 32 sentencias restantes, la Corte Suprema optó por incluir en su fundamentación algunas propuestas de conceptualización sobre la disciplina, o bien esclarecer nociones técnicas propias de esta área del derecho. En la evolución de sus fallos, particularmente desde 2012, se observa que la Corte Suprema ha ido complejizando su razonamiento jurídico en materias de esta disciplina, desarrollando fun-damentaciones más extensas, clarificando conceptos técnicos y optando por establecer ciertas definiciones acerca de la disciplina del Derecho de la Libre Competencia.
In the architecture of Chilean legal institutions, the Supreme Court plays a prominent role in the review of judgments made by the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC, Spanish acronym). The object of this paper is to analyze briefly certain conceptual options used by the Chilean Supreme Court in the foundation of some of its sentences, with respect to the discipline of Free Competition Law. To achieve this object 105 sentences pro-nounced by the Chilean Supreme Court have been analyzed, contained in the jurisprudence records of the Court for the Defense of Free Competition, from between 2005 and 2021. In 73 of these sentences, no proposals appear for any conceptual approach to the discipline of competition law; that is to say, the judge has not deemed it appropriate to cite a definition of this area of law, particularly in the consideration part of the decisions, by contextualizing the scope of its application. In the remaining 32 sentences, however, the Supreme Court chose to include in its justification some conceptualization proposals on discipline, or to clarify technical notions specific to this area of law. In the evolution of the Court’s rulings, it is observed that the Supreme Court, especially since 2012, has been making its legal rea-soning more complex in matters of this discipline, developing more extensive foundations, clarifying technical concepts, and choosing to establish certain definitions about the discipline of Free Competition Law.
In the architecture of Chilean legal institutions, the Supreme Court plays a prominent role in the review of judgments made by the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC, Spanish acronym). The object of this paper is to analyze briefly certain conceptual options used by the Chilean Supreme Court in the foundation of some of its sentences, with respect to the discipline of Free Competition Law. To achieve this object 105 sentences pro-nounced by the Chilean Supreme Court have been analyzed, contained in the jurisprudence records of the Court for the Defense of Free Competition, from between 2005 and 2021. In 73 of these sentences, no proposals appear for any conceptual approach to the discipline of competition law; that is to say, the judge has not deemed it appropriate to cite a definition of this area of law, particularly in the consideration part of the decisions, by contextualizing the scope of its application. In the remaining 32 sentences, however, the Supreme Court chose to include in its justification some conceptualization proposals on discipline, or to clarify technical notions specific to this area of law. In the evolution of the Court’s rulings, it is observed that the Supreme Court, especially since 2012, has been making its legal rea-soning more complex in matters of this discipline, developing more extensive foundations, clarifying technical concepts, and choosing to establish certain definitions about the discipline of Free Competition Law.