Title: LA EJECUCIÓN PROVISIONAL EN EL PROCESO CIVIL CHILENO
Abstract: This paper is intended to present the state of affairs in Chile regarding provisional enforcement.Considering the absence of legal regulation, the slim legal doctrine and the almost nonexistent case law, we formulate some critical assessments regarding the merits of this mechanism, taking especially into account the way in which the first instance is organized in Chilean civil procedure.Our main intention is to give some points of reference to determine to what extent this mechanism may be necessary or desirable in a system like ours that has -throughout time-been so reluctant to incorporate it in a vigorous manner.