NOTES ABOUT THE CONTENT OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE

Abstract

This paper seeks to expose the substantive aspects of the principle of democ-racy. It focuses, in the important research, inspired by the methodology of Carl Schmitt , that EW Böcke nförde been made about the content and scope of the democratic clause in positive constitutional law. To that objective , was make a brief explanation of the role that have democracy in the theory of forms of government. After that was explain the foundations, role and appli-cation of the principle of democracy as a constitutional principle recognized in legal system. It ends with a brief application of this theory to the case of the Chilean legal system.