THE LEGAL NATURE OF THE LACK OF EFFECTS: A PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION IN THE SYSTEM OF INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHILEAN CIVIL CODE

This article argues that the lack of effects is a form of ineffectiveness of a functional, extrinsic, partial, strict, subsidiary nature –and not always a sanction– aimed at protecting certain third parties harmed by the conclusion of a legal transaction. Likewise, it postulates the viability of configuring a general theory of unenforceability that is feasible to act beyond the cases expressly contemplated in the Chilean civil code, as long as it frames its scope of action within the contours drawn by its system of ineffectiveness and the necessary balance between the expansive effect of contracts and the protection of third parties.