Clemente Recabarren
Biography
Clemente Recabarren is reading for the DPhil in Law at St John’s College. His doctoral research focuses on theories of constitution-making and constitutional amendment. His work is supervised by Professor Paul Yowell. He is currently a stipendiary lecturer at Christ Church College, where he teaches jurisprudence.
Prior to his doctoral studies, Clemente completed an MPhil in Law at Oxford. His MPhil thesis explored the relation between public international law and constitutional law. It offered a critical account of the role of the states in the international sphere based on the concepts of sovereignty and subsidiarity.
Before coming to Oxford, Clemente obtained his law degree (Hons) from Universidad Católica de Chile in 2016, where he was appointed Adjunct Professor in 2018. In addition to his academic activities, he also worked as legal advisor to the President of the Republic of Chile under the Ministry Secretary General of the Presidency, practiced law and interned for the Constitutional Court of Chile.