The authors identify some topics underlying the encyclopedic curriculum in law schools of selective and research oriented chilean universities. Based on a precarious understanding of autonomy as a principle required, not only in academic practices, but also as something that students are expected to develop, these topics are criticized and refuted. They are also examined under a set of criteria that are necessary to employ in higher education. Lastly, the article presents and explains a curriculum proposal for these schools of law. Los autores identifican algunos tópicos subyacentes en el enciclopédico plan de estudios de Derecho de universidades chilenas complejas y selectivas, intentan someterlos a crítica y refutación por su escaso entendimiento, tanto de la autonomía con que ha de tratarse y que debe educarse y esperarse del estudiante universitario como de los criterios que hay que emplear contemporáneamente en la docencia superior, y terminan añadiendo y comentando una propuesta de currículum jurídico para tales universidades.

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