Legal nature of the Intermediate phase of the Chilean criminal process. A brief study of compared elements.

Abstract

The main goal of this work is to determine the legal nature of the period between inquiry and trial in the Chilean Criminal process of Law -including the pre-trial hearing. It will be argued that it presents a preparatory nature. A comparative law methodology will be developed, in particular, two models of the main foreign jurisdictions will be considered: the preparatory model and the decisional model. Both models appear to be relevant to the Chilean discussion.