CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: THE NEW LAW GUIDING INSTITUTION IN COLOMBIA

Since February 17, 1992, when the Constitutional Court created in the Political Constitution of 1991 started activities, numerous changes have been occurring in the State and the society; a major legal revolution became visible in the midst of Colombian political tradition. Hence, a balance of the Constitutional court's role as interpreter and guardian of constitutional supremacy is considered necessary; this is the task the present article wishes to accomplish. This great duty is, at moments, difficult or at least controversial, given that its pronouncements define new concepts that may lead to legal loopholes in existent ones or bolster current concepts under new tenets, provoking a renovation in the legal order and leading to debates with other State institutions, even with public opinion.