The Colombian Constitutional Court in Comparative Perspective

This compilation of twenty essays gathers some of the most prominent authors in constitutionalism and legal theory to critically examine classical debates, such as the role of judicial review in a democracy, the enforcement of socio-economic rights, the doctrine of unconstitutional amendments, and the theory of transitional justice.

Alejandro Linares Cantillo, Associate Justice, Colombian Constitutional Court, Camilo Valdivieso-León, Law Clerk, Chamber of Justice Alejandro Linares (Colombian Constitutional Court), Santiago García-Jaramillo, Constitutional Law Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)

Alejandro Linares Cantillo is Associate justice of the Colombian Constitutional Court. He has an LL.B. from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, holds an LL.M degree from Harvard University, and is a PhD in Law from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Justice Linares has practiced law for more than 30 years in both the public and private sector. Additionally, he has also taught at several universities in Colombia for example the Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad del Rosario, and Universidad del Norte.

Camilo Valdivieso-León is a law clerk at the Chamber of Justice Alejandro Linares-Cantillo (Colombian Constitutional Court). He was assistant professor of international investment law (Spring, 2017) and private international law (Fall, 2019) at the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). He holds an LLB from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia, 2015); and specialization degree in public management and administrative institutions from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia, 2018).

Santiago García-Jaramillo is a law clerk at the Chamber of Justice Alejandro Linares-Cantillo (Colombian Constitutional Court); Professor of Constitutional Law at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia); visiting research scholar at Cornell University (Spring, 2018 and 2019). He has an LLB from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia, 2013); and a specialization degree in public law from the Universidad Externado de Colombia (2016).