Professor Diego López Medina discusses “Syriana” and “Munich”, the political films of the season that present controversial theories.

Danilo Rojas, member of DJS, exalts the value of the journalistic chronicles of war to fill the “holes” in history when they arrive at the moment of crossroads in the telling of the government stopping guerrilla warfare.

Law and society activities took off in the 1980s and have experienced a boom since the 1990s. They involve numerous university research centers, think tanks and NGOs, and cover such topics as the administration of justice, the legal profession, law and political violence, human rights, and legal pluralism.

In Colombia, there is a vigorous debate on the constitutional control of court rulings. This article studies the development of that debate, by presenting the arguments of critics and offering counter-arguments in favor of constitutional control. The article studies the history and evolution of such control, focusing on the Constitutional Court and describing what is required for constitutional control to proceed against court rulings. In order to answer critics, and to avoid being trapped in discussions about procedure, one must face the fundamental problem of this debate: Should there be a mechanism to protect people from court rulings that violate their Constitutional rights? The article argues that constitutional control protects rights in a material sense and protects a single, authorized interpretation of the Constitution, which favors people’s confidence in the law.

School of legal thought and action that advances the use of law for social transformation. Originated in continental Europe and Latin America in the 1970s, it established itself as one of the leading theoretical and practical loci of criticism of legal positivism in those regions. Given its focus on the links among law, politics, and social context, it has spurred a wide range of scholarly studies and public debates inspired by a sociolegal approach.

The book collects recent works of the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations (IEPRI) about the changes of armed conflict in Colombia since the 1990s.