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3 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 529 (2004)
Judicial Activism in a Violent Context: The Origin, Role, and Impact of the Colombian Constitutional Court

handle is hein.journals/wasglo3 and id is 551 raw text is: Washington University Global Studies Law Review VOLUME 3 SPECIAL ISSUE 2004 JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN A VIOLENT CONTEXT: THE ORIGIN, ROLE, AND IMPACT OF THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT* JUSTICE MANUEL JOSE CEPEDA-ESPINOSA SPONSORED BY THE WHITNEY R. HARRIS INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL LEGAL STUDIES TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ................................. 537 A. The Constitutional System of Judicial Review in the 1886 C onstitution ............................................................................. 537 1. The Origins and Features of the 1886 Scheme ................ 538 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of the System ................. 540 3. The Prevailing Interpretative Approach and the Erosion of the Supreme Court's Legitimacy .................... 543 B. The 1991 Modification of Constitutional Judicial Review ...... 545 1. The Debate Over the Creation of the Constitutional Court Within the Constituent Assembly ........................... 547 2. A New System of Constitutional Judicial Review for a N ew C onstitution ............................................................. 552 a. Acci6n de Tutela and Concrete Review ................... 552 b. The Expansion ofAutomatic (Ex-officio) Abstract R eview ................................................................ 554 * I am very grateful to Federico Guzmdin for his contribution to the preparation of this paper.