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This paper--part of a major research which has as objective the philosophy of legal colonialism in Latin America--is dedicated to examine the relationship between indigenism, revolutionary democracy, and counter-constitutional discourse, within the contemporary age in the Latin American context. Our main source is fictional literature, for it is an important constituent of the external legal culture. But it also takes account of the recent constitutional reforms in Bolivia and Ecuador. The methodology is exploratory and it has a critical point of view of the primary and secondary sources. For the reasons explained above, the results are partial, though they are essential to define the legal colonialism and to describe the challenges they expounded to Latin America legal culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the legal consequences of committing a crime is sentenced to repair the damage; this paper focuses on reparation for moral damages in the case of sexual offenses committed against children and adolescents. The main objective is to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of aspects comprising the measure, but particularly, establish state obligations as guarantor of reparation that is properly applied in attention to its purposes. The methodology includes an interpretive case study analysis of doctrinal, legal and diverse sources of information instruments, whose union justify the argument employed. In conclusion it is stated that the State must ensure that reparation for moral damages in the cases mentioned, is applied correctly in favor of the direct victims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses in a detailed description of the discussion on the management models of judicial offices and suggests the emergence of a new organizational procedural law that takes care of them. Thus, it aims to create a knowledge base that contributes in the difussion of this issue and demonstrates the importance of creating a new branch of law that deals with its study and application. The above objective will be carried out through a review of the literature related to management models of judicial offices and judicial management in order to develop a descriptive exercise of the relevant contents without leaving behind a critical approach when interpreting them. In this context, the real purpose of judicial management, the importance of including judicial officers in the debate and the need to expedite the discussion in Colombia, among others, will emerge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper is analize the role of Information Technology and Communication (ict) as tools that enable the mass and effectiveness of constitutional pedagogy --knowledge of fundamental rights and the guarantee of these through citizen participation mechanisms discussed-- making use of a dialogue pedagogical model in nontraditional areas such as democratic as the Virtual Learning Spaces (vls) or social networks, thereby seeking a higher level of knowledge and applicability of the securities held by democratic societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The document is entended to present normative context, delimit the content and analyze the impact of the final decision, from the intervention made by PAIIS which was requested by the Constitutional Court, in records No. T-3672842 and T-3754187 that were cases accumulated, which consist in protective actions complaint and made by Luis Antonio Pérez and Marcos Omar Suárez Covos Piragauta, two paralympic athletes who have represented the country in national and international competitions like shooting sport and swimming, against the Administrative Department of Sport, Recreation, physical Activity and Use of Free Time (Coldeportes), which gave rise to the judgment T-287 of 2013, issued by the Sixth Court of review of the Constitutional Court. The author of this paper made the research and writing of amicus curiae which was presented to the Court under the supervision of the consultant team, paiis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is a bibliographical overview that constitutes the author's first document presented for his PhD in Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. It presents the latest studies on certain fundamental concepts regarding legal certainty. For this purpose, it will deal with matters such as the concept of legal certainty and its relation with the legal system, the elements and importance of legal certainty, its perception as a value or as a principle, as well as the main threats to legal certainty, focusing on the crisis of the law as a source of a legal system and the imperativeness of legal precedent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The "hiring carousel" in Bogotá has been the biggest corruption scandal that has been dismantled in Colombia up to this day. Consequently, the Colombian state countered by promoting the creation and modification of legal rules as a way to defeat corruption, as illustrated, for instance, in the 1474 law of 2011 (Anti-Corruption Statute). This paper portrays an evaluation and a comparison between facts and legislative measures that were promoted to offset this corruption phenomenon. Furthermore, this piece analyzes the enforceability of the anti-corruption statute and evaluates if legislative measures are the correct path to defeat and eradicate corruption, or if law, because of its rigidity, is not enough to face this social calamity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]