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Gender Equality as a General Interest of a Pluralistic Society: An Analysis of Constitutional Precedent in Colombia
Author(s) -
JARAMILLO RUIZ FELIPE,
ERAZO ANA C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12370
Subject(s) - jurisprudence , gender equality , relation (database) , general interest , sociology , law , set (abstract data type) , grasp , political science , law and economics , epistemology , philosophy , gender studies , engineering , software engineering , database , contemporary philosophy , computer science , programming language
The article explores the relationship between the legal principles of general interest and gender equality, both consecrated in C olombia's 1991 C onstitution. Through an analysis of the precedents set by the C onstitutional C ourt, the article provides a hermeneutical approximation of the behaviour of jurisprudence concerning the general interest. It demonstrates how this principle could be used to foster a more encompassing definition of gender equality. The precedents set by the C onstitutional C ourt have opened up the spectrum of women's rights so as to grasp their relation to the principle of general interest as well as their basis as fundamental rights.