The constitutionalization of law and the constitutional-juridical interpretation

Abstract

This document is an academic reflection towards the theme of constitutionalization of law and the impact of this phenomenon in the process of statutory interpretation, legal certainty and discretional power of judges in light of the main ideas of constitutional doctrine European and Colombian. The constitutional jurisprudence is built from the exercise or practice of law, must look what the legal basis of observation and deduction of the general concepts of law, and the exercise is directed epistemological knowledge generating experiences. It seeks to advance a tour of the basic features of neoconstitutionalism, his criticisms for and against and to contrast it from the legal point of view with the new constitutional exercise or practice in Colombia, in response to the demands of the progressive evolution of legal thinking.

Keywords

• Neoconstitucionalismo, Interpretación Constitucional, Constitución Política, Seguridad Jurídica