Santos’ slyness
JUAN MANUEL SANTOS SAYS that the cradle of his campaign in which someone imitates the voice of President Uribe, calling to vote for him, is nothing else than “pure sly.”
Read MoreDoubt and political honesty
People who never hesitate produce me distrust. Thats why I like Nietzsche’s aphorism that says, “its not doubt but certainty what makes people crazy.”
Read MoreColombia, land of lawyers
This transcendental legal profession has been largely unregulated and, in addition, poorly regulated. How much should it be intervened?
Read MoreWith an evil face
Cesare Lombroso, an Italian criminal lawyer of the nineteenth century, was famous for his theory of “born criminal.”
Read MoreTerror against Terror
LAKHDAR BOUMEDIENE it´s a Bosnian citizen born in Argelia, captured october in 2001 with 5 other people, under the suspect that he must be preparing an attack against the US Embassy in Bosnia.
Read MoreThe President’s Power to Designate
The article examines the possible causes and potential impacts of institutional imbalances at the governmental level in Colombia. The discussion is timely and relevant in the wake of President Uribe’s re-election that stands as a symbol of a force that can upset the system of checks and balances laid forth in the constitution. Presidential designation of position, popular endorsement, and the current attitude of the government are referenced as phenomenon that feed the current situation of disequilibrium. The author discusses the importance of State transparency during the upcoming designation of the Ombudsman as a possible productive step towards offsetting current imbalances. An analysis of international State level designation procedures is offered as a comparative study on the far-reaching impact of the process.
Read MoreWho Can Defend Us Now?
En los próximos meses el gobierno podría librarse, de una vez y por los cuatro años que vienen, de las incomodidades que le acarrea el principio de la separación de poderes. Así, con la ayuda de los desajustes institucionales creados por “el articulito”, el Ejecutivo podría echarse al bolsillo, al menos, a otros dos magistrados…
Read MoreThe Supreme
La democracia, por definición, es un sistema de competencia entre facciones políticas. Por eso, cuando se acaba la competencia, se acaba la democracia. Cuando un partido o movimiento político consigue una superioridad tan aplastante que ya nadie puede disputarle el poder que tiene, se acaba la competencia. James Madison —el gran constitucionalista del siglo XVIII—…
Read MoreEl Espectador Outlines Dejusticia
En el año 2003, por iniciativa de un grupo de catedráticos universitarios y con el propósito de intervenir en debates públcios sobre la evolución del derecho, las instituciones políticas y el fortalecimeinto de de la democracia en Colombia y América Latina, nació el Centro de Pensamiento de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia). Entre los fundadores…
Read MoreCatalina Botero in OAS
Desde la jurisprudencia y la cátedra, Catalina Botero está convencida de que la Constitución debe ser un manual de protección ciudadana. Desde sus días de colegio, Catalina Botero Marino tuvo una notoria pasión por la justicia. Por eso, cuando se graduó de bachiller en el Liceo Juan Ramón Jiménez, donde aprendió cómo administrar la libertad…
Read MoreTo make one believe is a serious thing
Referring to a native doctor of the Amazon, Levi-Strauss stated at some time the following: “The chamán Quesalid was not a great doctor because he cured the sick, but he cured the sick because he was a great doctor”
Read MoreThose who experienced abduction- Are they now victims of journalism?
The insensitive treatment that the media has given to the experiences of those that suffered from abduction has not only fallen on the violation of their right to privacy but also it has been an offense against their dignity by subjecting them to the second form of victimization.
Read MoreCatalina Botero: elected Special Rapporteur for the Freedom of Expression – OAS
Catalina Botero, auxiliary magistrate of the Constitutional Court was elected special rapporteur for the Freedom of Expression, from the OAS.
Read MoreThe March and Our Asymmetric Morale
The large march of July 20th for the freedom of all the kidnapped people generated mixed feelings within me, very similar to my feelings provoked by the protest last February 4th against the FARC. And because of this, even at the risk of repeating myself, I feel obliged to reiterate my position in this theme, mentioned before in another column I wrote on February 2nd in Semana.com.
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