Liquidation of Damages in Pre-contractual and Contractual Liability of the State

In the course of the State's precontractual and contractual activities a series of events can cause damage to individuals contracting or aspiring to pass a contract with the Administration. Since these damages must be repaired, the jurisprudence of the Colombian State Council has developed a series of criteria for available remedies to proceed. This paper studies the role of the Colombian administrative judge in the definition of these criteria by approaching the most common damages and remedies in both precontractual and contractual stages.