Supremacía constitucional y Estado Social de Derecho en Colombia

The principle of constitutional supremacy reclaims the presence of the constitution, within juridical order, as a basic norm and determines what defines the formal scope and material of all other norms. This is achieved due to the functioning of a Constitutional Court whose constitutional control gu...

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Main Authors: Roncancio Bedoya, Andrés Felipe, Colorado Villa, Santiago, Restrepo Tamayo, John Fernando
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8062205
Source:Revista Ratio Juris, ISSN 1794-6638, Vol. 15, Nº. 31, 2020, pags. 545-568
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Summary: The principle of constitutional supremacy reclaims the presence of the constitution, within juridical order, as a basic norm and determines what defines the formal scope and material of all other norms. This is achieved due to the functioning of a Constitutional Court whose constitutional control guarantees that no legal or political will threatens the essential nucleus of fundamental human rights. Guaranteeing these fundamental rights achieves limitations on political power and that the scope of power of state agents works towards safeguarding the principle of freedom for all of those under the same socio-cultural position. Therefore, the principle of constitutional supremacy decisively intervenes in the process of granting benefits to those who are underprivileged with the goal of reducing inequity resulting in the formal and material provisioning of dignity, life, and autodetermination to all of its associates as proclaimed by the Rule of Law. Consequently, this article‘s objective is to identify the fundamental building blocks for constitutional supremacy within the Rule of Law such as separation of powers, constitutional block, constitutional control, and protection to fundamental.