Between the prominence and the routine: A socio-legal analysis of Colombian justice (1980-2005)
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This chapter analyzes two apparently paradoxical aspects of Colombian judicial evolution: its protagonism and its enormous political visibility, on the one hand, and its routinization and loss of social relevance, on the other.
The Search for Alternative Economies in Times of Globalization: the Case Study of Informal Recycling in Bogotá
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This text examines the potential of supportive economy in the context of globalization, by the way of a case study on the informal recycling cooperatives in Bogotá.
Expanding the Economic Canon and Searching for Alternatives to Neoliberal Globalization
By Dejusticia |
This introductory chapter theorizes and documents the diverse initiatives of supportive economy and working transnational mobilization that promises of counterhegemonic globalization.
Critical Studies of Law and the Theory of Judicial Decision
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This introductory study analyzes one of the most influential contemporary debates about the interpretation of rights and judicial decision, initiated between theorists Herbert Hart and Ronald Dworkin.
Theory of Right and Judicial Decision
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This introductory study analyzes one of the most influential contemporary debates on the interpretation of rights and judicial decisions, begun between the theories of Herbert Hart and Ronald Dworkin.
The Test of Reasonableness and the Right to Equality
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This chapter analyzes the jurisprudential application of the equality clause as a constitutional right and proposes a test of reasonableness and compares this clause with those in American and European jurisprudences.
Law and Globalization from Below
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This book is an unprecedented effort of analyzing the role of rights within the global social justice movement, combining empirical investigation and innovative socio-legal theories on a variety of themes, from indigenous rights to the World Social Forum and global labor rights campaigns.
The New Left Wing in Latin America
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This book is the first attempt at systematic analysis and comparison on the resurgence of left wing in Latin America in recent years.
Rights and Society in Latin America
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Mauricio García Villegas |
Freedom of Press and Fundamental Human Rights: An Analysis of the Constitutional System of Law in Colombia (1992 – 2005)
By Catalina Botero Marino, Juan Fernando Jaramillo (Deceased), Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
This book offers an exploration of the collision of freedom of press and human rights. The authors examine the scope of freedom of press in Colombia, asking what law should prevail when freedom of information is faced by needs for confidentiality.
Between ‘el Perdón’ and ‘el Paredón’: International Standards and Transitional processes in Colombia
By Catalina Botero Marino |
This chapter gives a detailed recount of international jurisprudence and the limitations that it imposes, as well as the possibilities it offers to the countries in transition.