Constitutional control and political opportunity, between exhortative rulings and legislative omissions from the colombian experience

Abstract

In this paper it is argued that the Constitutional Court has postponed the resolutionof some constitutional conflicts through neolegalist strategies, exhorting the legislator to resolve antinomies with constitutional principles, when it comes to jurisprudential axes that have the potential to provoke inter-institutional tensions or erode the legitimacy of the Court. Through the study of rulings related to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, euthanasia, prior consultation, popular consultation and bullfights, it is intended to illustrate how the exhortations made to the legislator have operated, and how, after even decades, the constitutional problem has continued unfinished as a consequence of absolute legislative omissions. © 2023, Universidad de Talca. All rights reserved.

En este artículo se argumenta que la Corte Constitucional ha postergado la resolución de algunos conflictos constitucionales a través de estrategias neolegalistas, exhortando al legislador a resolver antinomias con principios constitucionales, cuando se trata de ejes jurisprudenciales que tienen el potencial de provocar tensiones interinstitucionales o erosionar la legitimidad de la Corte. A través del estudio de sentencias relacionadas con la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo, la eutanasia, la consulta previa, la consulta popular y las corridas de toros, se pretende ilustrar cómo han operado las exhortaciones realizadas al legislador, y cómo, incluso después de décadas, el problema constitucional ha continuado. inacabado como consecuencia de omisiones legislativas absolutas. © 2023, Universidad de Talca. Reservados todos los derechos.