Abstract

SAFFON, María Paula  and  GARCIA-VILLEGAS, Mauricio. Social Rights and Judicial Activism: The Factual Dimension of Judicial Activism on Social Rights in Colombia. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.1, pp.75-107. ISSN 0124-0579.

This article reviews the activism of the Colombian Constitutional Court and maintains that said assessment is linked to existing views on constitutional law. To this effect, it shows the results of an empirical study based on a sample of Constitutional Court rulings on social rights from 1992 to 2006.

Keywords : Constitutional law; social rights; Constitution; constitutionalism.

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