Posts Tagged ‘Reforma a la justicia’
Writs of Constitutional Protection and Judicial Congestion
Levying some type of cost on entities that violate fundamental rights is a better strategy for avoding judicial congestion than recurring proposals asking for more money and more judges for the judiciary.
Read MoreCarlos Gaviria, in Memóriam
When I studied law in Medellin, what I liked was philosophy, or more specifically, legal philosophy.
Read MoreJustice, Politics, and Corporativism
Any judicial reform in Colombia ought to not only protect but also deepen our judicial independece so that it can be democratic and not corporative.
Read MoreThe Judiciary: Not Only Better Salaries But Also a More Horizontal Justice
One of the most famous and celebrated judges in the history of the American judiciary is Learned Hand.
Read MoreJustice’s Time
According to the World Justice Project published this year, Colombia ranks 79th out of 99 in criminal justice effectiveness.
Read MoreJustice without Judges
Not all conflicts have to reach the judicial system for resolution given the existence of highly effective mechanisms like direct agreements between parties without the intervention of a third party (be that a judge, conciliator, arbiter, etc.).
Read MoreAn Independent DANE?
Now that the balance of powers has been discussed so widely, is it not worth it to promote a truly independent statistical public institution? (DANE is the Colombian government’s bureaucracy charged with developing statistical reports, much like the U.S. CBO)
Read MoreLawyers and Justice
The State has greater interest in regulating certain professions over others. That depends on how much it affects public interest.
Read MoreJudging the Bad Man
If the debate about the “Super Court” that would judge judges and high-level bureaucrats is so terrible, it is because it encapsulates some of the most complex problems of constitutional design.
Read MoreConstitutional Reform and Objections
Can the President veto a “legislative act,” which is the strange name for the constitutional reforms approved by Congress?
Read MoreSecond Attempt at Judicial Reform: What is Essential?
After the last failure, we are still waiting for a proposal that will allow us to overcome the three main problems in the judicial system. A key issue is to reform the Superior Council of the Judiciary, which has brought so much discredit to the judicial branch.
Read MoreA Surgical Judicial Reform?
The recent scandals about corruption in the Judicial branch are serious and they add to other deficiencies of the judicial system, like it’s slowness in certain areas. Some, therefore, propose a total reformation of the judicial system, as if it had collapsed.
Read MoreThe Legal System has More than Just Defects
Criticism of the legal system has resumed with force. Many are well-founded, since the judicial system suffers from a series of problems such as slowness, lack of access and transparency, and corruption.
Read MoreA Court Scandal?
Is it, as several analysts have pointed out, an abuse, an excessive formalism or cowardice that the Constitutional Court decided to strike down the reform that broadens military jurisdiction because of a procedural problem?
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