The Right Degree of Judicial Independence
This is the title of Professor Owen Fiss’ well-known article which shows that judicial independence (IJ) is complex as it has at least thee dimensions, which are essential to consider separately in order to avoid the erroneous conclusion that democratic IJ should be absolute.
Read MoreThe Mail of Dishonor
In one of the most difficult moments of the French Revolution (September 1793), when Robespierre feared that his political project would topple, the revolutionary government promulgated a law that identified suspects as “all those who due to their behavior, relationships, intent, or writings, reveal themselves in favor of federalism and as enemies of liberty.”
Read MoreTen Years out of the Closet
Perhaps there is no story more encouraging for human rights than that of the LGBTI movement in the last decade.
Read MoreDo We Know Why There Is an Unbalance of Power in the Judiciary?
Last week the legislature approved in third debate the reform of re-balance of powers and institutional adjustment initially proposed by the government and amended with various congressmen’s projects.
Read MoreDigital Violence
With the increasing use of the Internet and social media new forms of violence against women has emerged.
Read MoreRighting Wrongs: The Case for Socioeconomic Rights
These numbers not only present an economic opportunity, but also a moral challenge.
Read MoreMore Prison, More Justice?
ANIF, in its edition of its September magazine Carta Financiera, tacitly argues the following thesis: the greater the rate of incarceration (RI), which is the measure of prisoners per 100,000 people, the greater the efficiency of the criminal system.
Read MorePraise to Simple Language
Last month the Spanish Royal Academy released the 23rd edition of the Spanish Dictionary.
Read MoreMeditation
I once wrote a defense of silent concentration, so rare in a world with never-ending distractions.
Read MorePrison Populism and Pre-trial Detention
A few days ago the Ombudsman’s Office identified the detention centers with the highest rate of overpopulation in the country.
Read MoreBlack certified
I was fortunate to read Héctor Abad’s recent column on race and racism after visiting the Apartheid Museum, here in Johannesburg. My bewilderment was profound.
Read MoreAre they ruining Soho?
With pictures of a transsexual and a critique of the Catholic pedophilia the magazine seems to have let down its readers.
Read MoreWhat a nice family!
With this case, five relatives of senior government officials of government Uribe have been convicted.
Read MoreElectoral census without abstainers
THE ARTICLE of the political reform that eliminates abstainers from the electoral census is unconstitutional and exclusionary.
Read MoreReal flowers on women’s day
What we need is not a day to reinforce stereotypes, but a day to remember that we have equal rights.
Read MorePower asymmetries in Street 93 with 13
The process of applying for a Colombian visa has several obstacles that make it fun for people who enjoy suspense. Imagine being one of them.
Read MoreFrivolous readers or frivolous media?
Daniel Samper Pizano published in El Tiempo on Sunday a column about the banality of the readers preferred news of this newspaper.
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court protected once again cultural diversity.
The intervention presented by Dejusticia proposed arguments taken into account by the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreHomosexual families and homophobias
All ethical arguments against homosexual marriage and adoption show that the problem is not homosexual people, but prejudice against them.
Read MoreEgalitarian adoption
CONTRARY to what many think, those who advocate the adoption by same-sex couples are not the ones who must prove that this possibility is legitimate. Instead those who oppose it should explain why it is inadmissible.
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