IMPEACHMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON THE COLOMBIAN CASE

Authors

  • Jorge Eduardo Londoño Ulloa Senador de la República de Colombia

Keywords:

Impeachment, check and balances, legitimacy, good government

Abstract

Impeachment is linked to the essence of democracy as it serves as a mean for the application of the republican principles of equality before the law and the responsibility of the rulers.
The countries of Latin America have the formal possibility of claiming political responsibility, even from their first constitutional pieces, but there are practical limitations of design and operation that hinder their effectiveness, as in the case of Colombia

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Published

2020-06-15

How to Cite

Londoño Ulloa, J. E. (2020). IMPEACHMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON THE COLOMBIAN CASE. Teoría & Derecho. Revista De Pensamiento jurídico, (25), 33–50. Retrieved from https://teoriayderecho.tirant.com/index.php/teoria-y-derecho/article/view/389

Issue

No. 25 (2019): Political judgment and impeachment in American presidentialism

Section

Debates