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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.

It reviews the exchange the participatory democracy between the National University of Colombia and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

César Rodríguez criticizes antiabortion groups and the Constitutional Court for not knowing that its actions are massive violations of women’s rights, which has been revealed by recent statistics on sexual violence.

The text analyzes the evolution of the block of constitutionality in Colombia and it evaluates comparative rights and shows the importance of incorporating it into the national code of human rights standards. After explaining the view of this figure, the text describes its evolution in the Colombian constitutional jurisprudence and analyzes the main conceptual and legal issues that still pose problems, proposing doctrinal solutions that favor application by national judges of the international law of the human rights.