Book contents
- The Social Constitution
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- The Social Constitution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO Constitutional Embedding through Legal Mobilization
- CHAPTER THREE Expectations and Transformations of Colombian Constitutional Law
- CHAPTER FOUR Social Embedding
- CHAPTER FIVE Legal Embedding
- CHAPTER SIX Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER SEVEN Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER EIGHT Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER NINE Partial Constitutional Embedding
- CHAPTER TEN Conclusion
- Appendix: Interviewees
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
CHAPTER EIGHT - Challenges to Embedding
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2023
- The Social Constitution
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- The Social Constitution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO Constitutional Embedding through Legal Mobilization
- CHAPTER THREE Expectations and Transformations of Colombian Constitutional Law
- CHAPTER FOUR Social Embedding
- CHAPTER FIVE Legal Embedding
- CHAPTER SIX Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER SEVEN Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER EIGHT Challenges to Embedding
- CHAPTER NINE Partial Constitutional Embedding
- CHAPTER TEN Conclusion
- Appendix: Interviewees
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Summary
Chapter 8 turns to the labor of law, or the difficulty of keeping up with the daily work that underpins this legal order. While Constitutional Court judges have garnered substantial attention, lower-court judges are tasked with the majority of the work of social constitutionalism in Colombia. They are the ones who have reviewed each of the nearly eight million tutela claims that have been filed since 1992. Many of these lower-court judges report that they feel overworked and underresourced. Material and normative pressures, thus far, have combined to ensure that these judges continue to keep up with the labor of social constitutionalism.
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- The Social ConstitutionEmbedding Social Rights Through Legal Mobilization, pp. 164 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023