<i>La Violencia</i> in Colombia, through Stories of the Body

Rojas, Cristina; Tubb, Daniel

doi:10.1111/blar.12110

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The Role Of the Constitutional Court In Colombia's Democracy1

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“…The 1991 Constitution notably changed Colombia's legal reality, making it more inclusive (Fox and Stetson, ; Sanín and Stoller, ; Cepeda, ; Rojas and Tubb, ). As stated by Van Cott, ‘the Colombian case provides the most ambitious attempt of any Latin American state to implement legal pluralism’ (Van Cott, : 223).…”

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Gender Equality as a General Interest of a Pluralistic Society: An Analysis of Constitutional Precedent in Colombia

Ruíz

Erazo

2015

Bull Latin American Res

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The article explores the relationship between the legal principles of general interest and gender equality, both consecrated in Colombia's 1991 Constitution. Through an analysis of the precedents set by the Constitutional Court, the article provides a hermeneutical approximation of the behaviour of jurisprudence concerning the general interest. It demonstrates how this principle could be used to foster a more encompassing definition of gender equality. The precedents set by the Constitutional Court have opened up the spectrum of women's rights so as to grasp their relation to the principle of general interest as well as their basis as fundamental rights.

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