The bases of American International Law in the work of Alejandro Álvarez: solidarity and international life

Abstract

The Chilean jurist Alejandro Álvarez Jofré is a prominent figure in the Latin American legal universe, both for his practical and theoretical work. In this article, elements of the latter were analyzed, as an introduction to a broader thought, which at all times aim to achieve the rank of system by incorporating a new method in the Legal Sciences. “Solidarity” and “International Life” are two concepts incorporated within his work that will serve to show, on the one hand, the originality of his thought, as well as the contemporary value that emerges from it, which will result in an opening of the legal to the history and social life of the people, which determine each of the manifestations that perform the right.