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“Contract Clause” Litigation in Colombia; A Comparative Study in Judicial Review1

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  • Grant, J. A. C.

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The 1910 amendments to the Colombian constitution provided:Art. 40. In every case of incompatibility between the Constitution and the law the constitutional provisions shall be applied by preference.Art. 41. To the Supreme Court of Justice is confided the guardianship of the integrity of the Constitution. Consequently, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by this Constitution and the statutes, it shall have the following: To decide definitively as to the enforceability of bills that have been vetoed as unconstitutional by the Government, or as to all laws and decrees accused before it by any citizen as unconstitutional, first hearing the Attorney-General of the Nation.The first function, “to decide definitively as to the enforceability of bills that have been vetoed as unconstitutional,” was merely a restatement of the plan copied from Ecuador in 1886 and still in use, although it has proved a major disappointment.

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  • Grant, J. A. C., 1948. "“Contract Clause” Litigation in Colombia; A Comparative Study in Judicial Review1," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 42(6), pages 1103-1126, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:42:y:1948:i:06:p:1103-1126_05
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