Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

La administración de justicia en el Estado Social de Derecho privatizado

2008; University of Caldas; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2590-8928

Humberto Sierra Porto,

Comparative International Legal Studies

The constitutional contemporary context implies a rethinking of the classic principle of division of powers and by this means a new division of competences between the legislative, executive and judicial branch. And it is precisely this fact that determines a rethinking of the judges’ activity in our states. Moreover, it should be noted that the new constitutional realities indicated here have as their main reference point the Colombian constitutional state. This can be redundant, but this cannot be a distraction in the sense that the reality described is common to Latin American countries, with variations in quantity and intensity, but they all share the same transformations. The text is structured in a simple manner, beginning with a contextual location of the state organization and constitutional state, to then make a non—exhaustive listing of the consequences of these transformations for execution of the inherent duties and responsibilities of justice adminitration. The final part focuses on rasing a brief reflection on some of the major challenges for judges and justice administration in this context