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Igualmente muestra las potencialidades democr\u00e1ticas de esas formas de justicia ?como son su car\u00e1cter participativo y consensual, que favorecen la paz y la democracia- pero tambi\u00e9n sus riesgos antidemoc\u00e1ticos, como la canalizaci\u00f3n de las demandas sociales. Por ello propone superar una aceptaci\u00f3n ingenua y total de esas justicias y dise\u00f1ar estrategias que deliberadamente fortalezcan sus potencialidades democr\u00e1ticas y minimicen sus riesgos. El texto termina mostrando el importante papel que en ese campo puede tener la justicia de paz, como instituci\u00f3n bisagra entre la justicia estatal y la justicia puramente comunitaria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article analyzes the reasons for the boom in informal justice in recent years within Colombia and Latin America.  It shows the democratic potential of informal justice because of their participatory character that favors peace and democracy.  It also examines their antidemocratic risks because they channel social demands.  The article proposes to surpass an ingenuous and total acceptance of these justices and to design strategies that that deliberately fortify their democratic potential and minimize the risk.  The article finishes by showing the important role that informal justice can have in the judicial system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","subcategory-judicial-reform","post-scope-aaa-not-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justices of the Peace and Informal justice: a conceptual approximation of their potential and their limitations - Dejusticia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/jueces-de-paz-y-justicia-informal-una-aproximacion-conceptual-a-sus-potencialidades-y-limitaciones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justices of the Peace and Informal justice: a conceptual approximation of their potential and their limitations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article analyzes the reasons for the boom in informal justice in recent years within Colombia and Latin America. 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