%0 Journal Article %T DERECHO DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACI¨®N EN CHILE: NUEVA REGULACI¨®N E IMPLICANCIAS PARA EL SECTOR DE LA DEFENSA NACIONAL %A Garc¨ªa P %A Gonzalo %A Contreras V %A Pablo %J Estudios constitucionales %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-52002009000100005 %X the authors analyze the freedom of information from a general theory of fundamental rights. they sustain, in opposition to the opinion of the chilean constitutional court, that this right cannot be understood as "implicit", but as a fundamental norm ascribed to the constitution. considered as a fundamental norm, every constitutional effects and consequences should be applied to the freedom of information. finally, the authors critically review the new freedom of information law's, transparency focused primarily on national defence issues. %K freedom of information %K classified information %K transparency %K publicity %K military classified information. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-52002009000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en