Colombian constitutional judge as the positive legislator: a governement of the judges?

The constitutional justice in the world has made a remarkable evolution and Colombia has not been immune to this global trend. Since coming into operation in 1992, the Colombian Constitutional Court has been a leader in the development of the Charter of 1991 to the point that has come to affect sign...

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Autor: López Daza, Germán Alfonso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5949
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/5949
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Constitutional Justice
Constitutional Court
manipulation of statements
judicial activism
positive legislator
government of judges
Justicia constitucional
Corte Constitucional
manipulación de sentencias
activismo judicial
legislador positivo
gobierno de los jueces
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Sumario:The constitutional justice in the world has made a remarkable evolution and Colombia has not been immune to this global trend. Since coming into operation in 1992, the Colombian Constitutional Court has been a leader in the development of the Charter of 1991 to the point that has come to affect significantly basic assumptions of former untouchables legal, as legal certainty. Under the principles of defending the Constitution, the Rule of law and fundamental rights, the jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court decisions faced by the other powers and by judges and magistrates, which has led to the nickname of government of the judges.