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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160329303321

Autore

Cepeda Espinosa Manuel José

Titolo

Colombian constitutional law : leading cases / / Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa, David Landau [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2017]

ISBN

0-19-064039-1

0-19-064038-3

0-19-064037-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

342.861

Soggetti

Constitutional law - Colombia - Cases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the Colombian constitution of 1991 and the Constitutional Court -- The role of the Constitutional Court -- Dignity and autonomy -- Equality -- Freedom of speech and freedom of religion -- Social rights -- The rights of victims and transitional justice -- The rights of indigenous peoples -- The President : problems of executive overreach -- The Congress : problems of abdication and deliberation -- Constitutional amendment and the substitution of the constitution doctrine.

Sommario/riassunto

This text makes available the case law of the Colombian Constitutional Court in English, which has become one of the most creative and important courts of the global south and the world since its creation in 1991. It provides concise and carefully chosen extracts of the court's most important cases, along with notes and introductory materials to place them in a historical and comparative context.