Carlos Bernal Professor of Law University of Dayton, School of Law

Carlos Bernal
Professor of Law
University of Dayton, School of Law
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2020 (AUGUST)- PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW

2017 - 2020 Justice, Colombian Constitutional Court
2013 - 2020 Associate Professor, Macquarie Law School
2009 - 2013 Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia
2002 - 2009 Professor of Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2020 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem (Israel)
2019 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International
Law, Heidelberg (Germany)
2019 (Spring) Visiting Professor, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, École de droit de la Sorbonne,
Paris (France)
2017 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Kings’ College, London (U.K.)
2016 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Comparative
Law, Heidelberg (Germany)
2015 (Spring) Visiting Professor, Centre de Théorie et Analyse du Droit, Paris West University Nanterre
La Défense, Paris (France)
2011 (Spring) Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School, New Haven – Connecticut (USA)
2006 (Spring) Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Leon (Spain)
MAIN LEGAL CONSULTANCIES
2004 -2017 EPM (Medellin, Colombia)

2014 -2017 Office of the Commander and Chief, Colombian National Army.
2015 -2016 Colombian Agency of Legal Defense
Other. United Nations, Mexican Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Ecuador.
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
Derechos, cambio constitucional y teoría jurídica (Rigths, Constitutional Change, and Legal Theory).
Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2018.
Justice, justice transitionnelle et forces militaires en Amérique latine (Justice, Transitional Justice, and
Military Forces in Latin America). Paris: L’Harmattan, 2017 (with Magdalena Correa Henao).
Du néoconstitutionnalisme en Amérique latine (On the New Constitutionalism in Latin America). Paris:
L’Harmattan, 2015.
Reelección indefinida vs. Democracia constitucional. Sobre los límites al poder de reforma constitucional
en el Ecuador (Indefinite Re-election vs. Constitutional Democracy. On the Limits of the Power to
Amend the Constitution in Ecuador). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2015 (with
Aparicio Caicedo and Mario Serrafero).
El neoconstitucionalismo y la normatividad del derecho (New Constitutionalism and the Normativity of
Law). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2009.
Los derechos fundamentales en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la
Federación (Constitutional Rights in the Jurisprudence of the Federal Electoral Court of Mexico).
Mexico: Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación, 2009.
El neoconstitucionalismo a debate (Discussing the New Constitutionalism). Bogota: Universidad
Externado de Colombia, 2006.
El derecho de los derechos (The Rights’ Law). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2005.
French translation: Le droit des droits. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2015.
Portuguese translation: O direito dos direitos. São Paulo: Marcial Pons, 2013.
El principio de proporcionalidad y los derechos fundamentales (Proportionality and Constitutional
Rights). Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2003 (1st Edition), 2005 (2nd
Edition), and 2007 (3th Edition). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2014 (4th Edition).
Edited Books
Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019 (with
Richard Albert and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo).
El Precedente en la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación (Precedents in the Jurisdiction of the Mexican
Supreme Court). Mexico: Centro de Estudios Constitucionales de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de
la Nación, 2018 (with Rodrigo Camarena and Alejandra Martínez Verástegui).
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Kelsen para Erizos (Kelsen for Hedgehogs). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2017 (with
Marcelo Porciúncula).
Cambio constitucional informal (Informal Constitutional Change). Bogota: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, 2016 (with Richard Albert).
The Philosophy of Law of Eugenio Bulygin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015 (with Carla Huerta, José
J. Moreso, Pablo Navarro, Bonnie L. Paulson, and Stanley L. Paulson).
Justicia transicional: Retos teóricos (Transitional Justice: Theoretical Challenges). Bogota: Universidad
Externado de Colombia, 2016 (with Gerardo Barbosa and Andrés Rolando Ciro).
Justicia transicional: El caso de Colombia (Transitional Justice: in the Case Study of Colombia). Bogota:
Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016 (with Gerardo Barbosa and Andrés Rolando Ciro).
Justicia transicional: El papel de las fuerzas armadas (Transitional Justice: The Role of Military Forces).
Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016 (with Gerardo Barbosa and Andrés Rolando
Ciro).
Justicia transicional: Verdad y responsabilidad (Transitional Justice: Truth and Responsibility). Bogota:
Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016 (with Gerardo Barbosa and Andrés Rolando Ciro).
El análisis de contexto de investigación penal: críticas del trasplante del derecho internacional al derecho
interno (Context Analysis in Criminal Investigation: A Critique of a Legal Transplant from
International to Domestic Law). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2015 (with Gerardo
Barbosa).
La filosofía de la responsabilidad civil (On the Philosophy of Torts). Bogota: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, 2013 (with Jorge Fabra).
On the Philosophy of Precedent. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012 (with Thomas Bustamante).
Spanish translation: La filosofía del precedente. Bogota: Universidad Externado of Colombia, 2015.
La doble dimensión del derecho. Autoridad y razón en la obra de Robert Alexy (The Double Dimension of
Law. Authority and Reason in Robert Alexy’s Theory of Law). Lima: Palestra, 2011.
Journal Articles (* indicates peer-reviewed)
“¿Cómo reparar las violaciones a los derechos económicos y sociales? Un análisis crítico de la jurisprudencia
colombiana” (How to Redress Economic and Social Rights Violations? A Critical Analysis of the
Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence, 6 (10) Revista del Centro de Estudios Constitucionales
(2020) (*).
“The Migration of Proportionality to Australia”, 48 (1) Federal Law Review, 2020 (*)
“Der Einfluss von E. W. Böckenförde auf die Rechtsprechung des kolumbianischen Verfassungsgerichts“
(The Influence of E. W. Böckenförde in the Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence), in: Mirjam
Künkler and Tine Stein (eds.), Die Rezeption der Werke Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenfördes in
vergleichender Perspektive, Der Staat, Beiheft 24, 2020. (with Nicolás Esguerra). (*)
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Spanish Version: “La influencia de E.-W. Böckenförde en la jurisprudencia de la Corte
Constitucional de Colombia”, Anuario de Derecho Constitucional Latinoamericano, 2019. (*)
“Les stratégies judiciaires du constitutionnalisme transformateur en termes de réduction de la pauvreté et
les inegalités”, 2 (2) Revue Juridique des Etudiants de la Sorbonne (2019). (*)
Spanish Version: “Las estrategias judiciales del constitucionalismo transformador en cuanto a la
disminución de la pobreza y la desigualdad” (Judicial Strategies of Transformative
Constitutionalism for Reducing Poverty and Inequality), Diakion, forthcoming. (*)
“Los fundamentos bíblicos de la separación de poderes” (The Biblical Foundationsof the Separation of
Powers), 28 (2) Diakion (2019). (*)
“2018 Global Review of Constitutional Law: Colombia”, 17 (2) International Journal of Constitutional Law
(2019) (with Diego González, María Fernanda Barraza, Nicolás Esguerra, Santiago García
Jaramillo, and Vicente Benítez). (*)
“Defending the Undefended. What the Colombian Constitutional Court can Teach us About the Rights of
Refugees”, 2 This Century (2018).
“On Constitutional Dismemberment”, Yale Journal of International Law, Symposium on Constitutional
Amendment and Dismemberment, 2018, available at: http://www.yjil.yale.edu/on-constitutional-
dismemberment/
“Can an Open Access Approach be the Solution to Better Implementation of the Right to Information Act
in Bangladesh?” (with Harold Sougato Baroi and Shawkat Alam), 19 (1) Asia-Pacific Journal on
Human Rights and the Law, 2018. (*)
“Constituciones sin constitucionalismo y la desproporción de la proporcionalidad” (Constitutions without
Constitutionalism and the Disproportion of Proportionality), 9 Fundamentos, 2017.
Portuguese translation: “Constituições sem constitucionalismo e a desproporção da
proporcionalidade: dois aspectos da encruzilhada dos direitos fundamentais no
neoconstitucionalismo”, 2 Revista de Direito Administrativo e Infraestrutura, 2017. (*)
French translation: “Constitutions sans constitutionnalisme et proportionnalité disproportionnée.
Deus aspects du carrefour des droits fondamentaux dans le néoconstituionnalisme”, 32 Politeia:
Les Cahiers de l'Association Française des Auditeurs de l'Académie Internationale de Droit
Constitutionnel, 2017.
“The Unsolved Problem of the Socio-Ontological Explanation of the Normativity of Law”, Jurisprudence,
2017. (*)
“O transplante da análise de contexto para a investigação penal no direito interno colombiano” (The
transplantation of context analysis for the criminal law investigation in Colombia’s domestic law),
2 (2) Direito UNB. Revista de Direito da Universidade de Brasília, 2016. (*)
“¿Deben ser los servicios públicos domiciliarios objeto exclusivo o prevalente de las Empresas de Servicios
Públicos Domiciliarios?” (“Should Public Utilities be the Exclusive or Prevalent Object of Public
Utilities Companies?”), 21 (1) Letras Jurídicas, 2016. (*)
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“Los límites materiales a la reforma de la constitución en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Constitucional
Colombiana” (Substantive Limitations to Constitutional Amendments in Jurisprudence of the
Colombian Constitutional Court), Anuario 2015 Tribunal Constitucional de la República
Dominicana, 2015.
“Los derechos sociales en proporción” (Social Rights in Proportion), Revista de ciencias sociales, 2015. (*)
Portuguese translation: “Os direitos sociais em proporção” (Social Rights in Proportion), 23
Revista Brasileira de Direito Constitucional, 2015. (*)
French translation: “Les droits sociaux et le principe de proportionnalité”, 29 Politeia: Les Cahiers
de l'Association Française des Auditeurs de l'Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel,
2016.
“Transitional Justice within the Framework of a Permanent Constitution”, 3 (4) Cambridge Journal of
International and Comparative Law, 2014. (*)
“Collective Intentionality and the Ontological Structure of Law. A Reply to Richard Ekins and Damiano
Canale”, 45 (3) Rechtstheorie, 2014. (*)
Spanish translation: “Intencionalidad colectiva y la estructura ontológica del derecho. Una
respuesta a Richard Ekins y Damiano Canale”, 14 Discusiones, 2014. (*)
Italian translation: “Intenzionalità collettiva e struttura ontologica del diritto”, 16 (1) Diritto e
Questioni Pubbliche, 2016. (*)
“El control de constitucionalidad sobre el marco jurídico para la paz” (Constitutional Review of the Legal
Framework for Peace), 19 (2) Letras Jurídicas, 2014. (*)
French translation: “Le contrôle de constitutionnalité du cadre juridique pour la paix”, 27 Politeia:
“Informal Constitutional Change. A Critical Introduction and Appraisal”, 62 American Journal of
Comparative Law, 2104. (*)
Spanish translation: “Cambio constitucional informal. Una introducción crítica y una evaluación”,
in: Richard Albert and Carlos Bernal (eds), Cambio constitucional informal (Informal
Constitutional Change). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016.
“La protección del derecho fundamental al agua en perspectiva internacional y comparada” (“The
Protection of Constitutional Right to Water in International and Comparative Perspective”), 18 (2)
Letras Jurídicas, 2013. (*)
Reprinted in: 2 (1) Revista de Teoría del Derecho de la Universidad de Palermo, 2015. (*)
Portuguese translation: “A protecção do direito fundamental à água em perspectiva internacional
e comparativa”, 1 (2) Journal of Law and Regulation / Revista de Direito Setorial e Regulatório,
2015. (*)
“Clases de derecho para estudiantes activos” (“Law Lectures for Active Learners”), 21 Academia, 2013. (*)
Portuguese translation: “Aulas de direito para estudantes ativos”, 2 (1) Libertas, 2016. (*)
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“The Migration of Proportionality Across Europe”, 11 (3) New Zealand Journal of Public and International
Law, 2013. (*)
Spanish translation: “La migración de la proporcionalidad a través de Europa”, in: Miguel
Carbonell, Héctor Fix Hierro, Luis Raúl González Pérez, and Diego Valadés (eds.), Estado
constitucional, derechos humanos, justicia y vida universitaria. Estudios en homenaje a Jorge
Carpizo (Constitutional State, Human Rights, Justice and University. Essays in Honor of Jorge
Carpizo). Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, 2015, Volume IV, I.
French translation: “La migration du principe de proportionnalité à travers l'Europe”, 25 Politeia:
Portuguese translation: “A migração da Proporcionalidade em toda a Europa”, 1 (2) Libertas, 2014.
“Austin, Hart and Shapiro: Three Variations on Law as an Entity Grounded in a Social Practice”, 44 (2)
Rechtstheorie, 2013. (*)
Portuguese translation: “Austin, Hart e Shapiro: três concepções sobre o direito como entidade
fundada em uma prática social”, 107 Revista Brasileira de Estudos Políticos, 2013. (*)
Italian translation: “Austin, Hart e Shapiro: Tre variazioni sul diritto inteso come entità fondata in
una pratica sociale”, 15 (1) Diritto & Questione Pubbliche, 2015. (*)
Spanish translation: “Austin, Hart y Shapiro: Tres variaciones sobre el derecho como una entidad
fundada en una práctica social”, 14 Discusiones, 2014. (*)
“The Drama of Law as a Collective Play”, 2 This Century, 2013.
Spanish translation: “El derecho como una obra colectiva”, 24 Podium, 2013. (*)
“Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Case Study of Colombia: An Analysis of the
Justification and Meaning of the Constitutional Replacement Doctrine”, 11 International Journal
of Constitutional Law, 2013. (*)
French translation: “Le Fondement et la signification de la doctrine de la sustitución à la
Constitución en Colombie. Une analyse du contrôle de constitutionnalité des réformes
constitutionnelles en Colombie”, 22 Politeia: Les Cahiers de l'Association Française des Auditeurs
de l'Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, 2012.
Spanish translation: “Fundamentación y significado de la doctrina de la sustitución de la
Constitución. Un análisis del control de constitucionalidad de las reformas a la Constitución en
Colombia”, in: Juan Carlos Henao (ed.), Diálogos constitucionales de Colombia con el mundo. VII
Encuentro de la Jurisdicción Constitucional (Constitutional Dialogues: Colombia and the World.
VII Constitutional Court Conference). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2013.
Portuguese translation: “Fundamentação e significado da doutrina da substituição da constituçao
– uma análise do controle de constitucionalidade das reformas da constituição na Colõmbia”, 24
Revista de Direito do Estado, 2012.
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Russian translation: “ПАРАДОКСЫ НЕКОНСТИТУЦИОННЫХ КОНСТИТУЦИЙ:
ЛАТИНОАМЕРИКАНСКИЙ ОПЫТ”, 2 Сравнительное конституционное обозрение
(Comparative Constitutional Review), 2014.
“In Search of the Ontological Structure of Law”, Analisi e Diritto, 2012. (*)
Spanish translation: “En búsqueda de la estructura ontológica del derecho”, 30 Revista de Derecho
del Estado, 2013. (*)
Portuguese translation: “Em busca da estrutura ontológica do direito”, 954 Revista dos Tribunais,
2015 (*).
French translation: “À la recherche de la structure ontologique du droit”, in: Thomas Bustamante,
Bajrne Melkevik, and Fabiana Menezes (eds.), Rationalités pour le Droit (Rationalities for the
Law). Quebec: Université Laval, forthoming.
“Is Tort Law a Practice of Corrective Justice?”, 12 Diritto e Questioni Pubbliche, 2012. (*)
Spanish translation: “¿Es el derecho de daños una práctica de justicia correctiva?”, in: Diego
Papayannis (ed.), Derecho de daños, principios morales y justicia social (Tort Law, Moral
Principles, and Social Justice). Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and São Paulo: Marcial Pons,
2013.
Portuguese translation: “É o direito de danos uma prática de justiça corretiva”, 3 Revista de Direito
Civil Contemporâneo, 2015 (*).
“El derecho fundamental al agua y su intrincada satisfacción” (“The Constitutional Right to Water and Its
puzzling Satisfaction”), 17 (1) Letras Juridicas, 2012. (*)
Reprinted in: Leonardo García Jaramillo (ed.), Nuevas perspectivas sobre la relación/tensión
entre la democracia y el constitucionalismo (New Perspectives on the Relation and Tension
between Demcocracy and Constitutionalism). Lima: Grijley, 2014.
Portuguese translation: “O direito fundamental à água e sua intrincada satisfação no direito
colombiano”, 2 (1) Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, 2015 (*).
“Legal Argumentation and the Normativity of Legal Norms”, 3 (2) Cogency. Journal of Reasoning and
Argumentation, 2011. (*)
Reprinted in: Christian Dahlman and Eveline Feteris (eds.), Legal Argumentation Theory: Cross-
Disciplinary Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer, 2012.
“Los derechos fundamentales y la presunción de culpa en la responsabilidad ambiental” (“Constitutional
Rights and the Presumption of Fault in Environmental Liability”, 15 (2) Letras Jurídicas, 2010. (*)
“La metafísica de los derechos humanos” (“The Metaphysics of Human Rights”), 25 Revista de Derecho del
Estado, 2010. (*)
Portuguese translation: “A metafísica dos direitos humanos”, 7 Panóptica, 2012. (*)
“Control de constitucionalidad y control politico: El caso de Colombia” (“Constitutional Review and
Political Control: The Case Study of Colombia”), 3 El Cronista del Estado Social y Democrático de
Derecho, 2009.
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“Normatividad y argumentación jurídica” (“Normativity and Legal Argumentation”), 1 Saber, Revista
Hispanoamericana de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, 2008.
Reprinted in: Libro en memoria del Prof. Dr. Luis Villar Borda (Essays in Honour to Luis Villar
Borda). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2008.
“A Speech Acts Analysis of Judicial Decisions”, 2 (1) European Journal of Legal Studies 2007. (*)
Spanish translation: “Un análisis de las decisiones judiciales con base en la teoría de los actos de
habla”, 2 (1) European Journal of Legal Studies, 2007 (*)
“La democracia como principio constitucional en América Latina” (“Democracy as Constitutional Principle
in Latin America”), 17 Cuestiones Constitucionales, 2007. (*)
Reprinted in: 33 Ius et Veritas, 2006. (*)
“La posición de América Latina en el contexto de la globalización” (“The Underrepresentation of Latin
America in the Global Context”), 5 Derecho PUC. Revista de la facultad de derecho de la Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Lima, 2006. (*)
“La aplicación del principio de proporcionalidad en el juicio de igualdad” (“Proportionality and Equality”),
5 Palestra del Tribunal Constitucional. Revista mensual de jurisprudencia, 2006. (*)
Reprinted in: Miguel Carbonell and Pedro Grandez (eds.), El principio de proporcionalidad en el
derecho contemporáneo (Proportionality in Contemporary Law). Lima: Palestra, 2010.
“El concepto de libertad en la teoría política de Norberto Bobbio” (“On The Concept of Liberty in Norberto
Bobbio’s Political Theory”), 14 Economía Institucional, 2006. (*)
Reprinted in: 29 Isonomía: Revista de Teoría y Filosofía del Derecho, 2008. (*)
Portuguese translation: “O conceito de liberdade na teoria política de Norberto Bobbio”, 16
Panóptica, 2009.
“The Rationality of Balancing”, 92 (2) Archiv für Rechts- und Sozial Philosophie, 2006. (*)
Spanish translation: “La racionalidad de la ponderación”, 77 Revista Española de Derecho
Constitucional, 2006. (*)
Reprinted in: Miguel Carbonell (ed.), El principio de proporcionalidad en el estado constitucional
(Proportionality in the Constitutional State). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2007.
Reprinted also in: Miguel Carbonell and Pedro Grandez (eds.), El principio de proporcionalidad
en el derecho contemporáneo (Proportionality in Contemporary Law). Lima: Palestra, 2010.
“Tribunal Constitutional, Legislador y principio de proporcionalidad. Una respuesta a Gloria Lopera”
(“Constitutional Court, Parliamentary Powers, and Proportionality. A Reply to Gloria Lopera”), 74
Revista Española de Derecho Constitucional, 2005. (*)
“El concepto de servicio público en Colombia” (“On the Concept of Public Service in Colombia”), 10 (1)
Letras Jurídicas, 2005. (*)
“The Structure and the Limits of Balancing”, in: Swein Eng (Ed.), Law and Practice, Archiv für Rechts- und
Sozial Philosophie, Beiheft 97, 2004.
Spanish Translation: “Estructura y límites de la ponderación”, 26 Doxa, 2003. (*)
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“Fundamentación, concepto y estructura de los derechos sociales” (“Justification, Concept, and Structure
of Social Rights”), 4 Discusiones, 2004.(*)
Portuguese translation: “Fundamento, Conceito e Estrutura dos Direitos Sociais”, in: Daniel
Sarmento and Cláudio Pereira de Souza Neto (eds.), Direitos Sociais (Socio-Economic Rights). Rio
de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2008.
“La fuerza vinculante de la jurisprudencia en el orden jurídico colombiano” (“The Doctrine of Precedent in
Colombian Law”), Precedente, 2003. (*)
Reprinted in: Massimo Cavino (ed.), Esperienze di diritto vivente. La giurisprudenza negli
ordinamenti di diritto legislativo (Experiences of Living Law. The Value of Jurisprudence in
Continental Legal Systems). Milan: Giuffrè, 2009.
“El principio de proporcionalidad en el control de las medidas estatales de efecto equivalente en el derecho
comunitario” (“Proportionality in the Review of State Equivalent Effect Measures in EU Law”), 9
Revista de Derecho del Estado, 2000. (*)
“Comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional en el caso de la Mesa Nacional de HB” (“On the
Spanish Judgement on the Political Party HB”), La Ley, 5th. May, 2000.
“En torno a la legitimidad de la jurisdicción constitucional y la objetividad en el control de
constitucionalidad de las leyes” (“On Legitimacy and Objectivity in Judicial Review”), 7 Revista de
Derecho del Estado, 1999. (*)
“¿Conserva su Valor la Constitución en el Estado Social?” (“Can the Constitution still be significant in the
Welfare State?”), 6 Revista de Derecho del Estado, 1999. (*)
“La regulación de la financiación de los partidos y movimientos políticos en Colombia” (“On the Regulation
of the Funding of Political Parties in Colombia”), 3 Revista de Derecho del Estado, 1997. (*)
Book Chapters
“How to Redress Economic and Social Rights Violations? A Critical Analysis of the Colombian
Constitutional Jurisprudence”, in: David Bilchitz (ed), Constitutional Law in Colombia and South
Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
“The Biblical Foundations of the Separation of Powers and the Catalytic Judicial Function”, in: Nicholas
Aroney and Ian Leigh (eds), Cristinanity and Constitutionalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
forthcoming.
“La jurisprudencia constitucional sobre la tensión entre la protección del medio ambiente y el fomento del
desarrollo” (The Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence on the Tensions between the Protection
to the Environment and the Support to Sustainable Development”, in: Luis Guillermo Guerrero
Pérez, Miguel Polo Rosero, and Claudia Escobar García, Balance de 25 años de jurisprudencia de
la Corte Constitucional (Bogota: Universidad Javeriana, 2020).
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“Introduction”, in: Richard Albert, Carlos Bernal, and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, Constitutional Change and
Transformation in Latin America. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019 (with Richard Albert and Juliano
Zaiden Benvindo).
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power”, in: Richard Albert, Carlos Bernal, and Juliano Zaiden
Benvindo, Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Oxford: Hart Publishing,
2019.
Spanish translation: “Prescindamos del poder constituyente en la creación constitucional”, 22
Anuario Iberoamericano de Derecho Constitucional, 2018. (*)
French translation: 34 Politeia: Les Cahiers de l'Association Française des Auditeurs de
l'Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, 2018.
Portuguese translation: “Criação constitutional sem poder constituinte: Os limites conceituais do
poder para substituir ou revisar a constituiçao”, 9 (2) Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas
(2019). (*)
“How Constitutional Crowd-drafting can enhance Legitimacy in Constitution-Making”, in: Hanna Lerner
and David Landau, Comparative Constitution Making. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019.
Spanish translation: “¿Puede la colaboración abierta puede fortalecer la legitimidad en los procesos
de construcción constitucional?”, Anuario de Derecho Constitucional Latinoamericano, 2018. (*)
French translation: “La collaboration ouverte peut-elle renforcer la legitimité des processus
d’elabration de la constitution?”, 33 Politeia: Les Cahiers de l'Association Française des Auditeurs
de l'Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, 2018.
Portuguese translation: “Pode a colaboração coletiva constitucional (constitutional crowdsourcing)
fortalecer a legitimidade dos processos de construção constitucional?”, 116 Revista Brasileira de
Estudos Políticos, 2018. (*)
“La anulación de sentencias y el defecto sustantivo por desconocimiento del precedente” (“The Annulement
of Judgment and the Substantive Defects for Violating Precedents. Two Strategies for Enforcing
Precedents”), in Carlos Bernal, Rodrigo Camarena, and Alejandra Martínez Verástegui (eds.), El
precedente en la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación (Constitutional Precedents of the
Mexican Supreme Court). Mexico: Centro de Estudios Constitucionales de la Suprema Corte de
Justicia de la Nación, 2018.
“Colombia: The State of Liberal Democracy”, in: Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna, and Simon
Drugda (eds.), ICONnet – Clough Center. 2017 Global Review of Constitutional Law. Available at:
http://www.iconnectblog.com/2018/07/now-available-the-i·connect-clough-center-2017-global-
review-of-constitutional-law/, 2018 (with Diego González, María Fernanda Barraza, and Nicolás
Esguerra).
“La fundamentación de un programa especial de indemnizaciones administrativas para las víctimas
militares del conflicto armado” (Grounding a Special Program of Administrative Compensations to
the Military Victims of the Armed conflict), in: Gerardo Barbosa Castillo, Magdalena Correa Henao,
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and Andrés Rolando Ciro Gómez (eds.), Justicia, verdad, reparación y garantía de no repetición
(Justice, Truth, Reparation, and Guarantees of No-Repetition). Bogota: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, 2017.
“Las organizaciones armadas ilegales frente el constitucionalismo transicional y al derecho internacional
humanitario”, in: Gerardo Barbosa Castillo, Magdalena Correa Henao, and Andrés Rolando Ciro
Gómez (eds.), Milicias guerrilleras: análisis jurídicos (Guerrillas and Armed Groups: A Legal
Analysis) Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2017.
“The Constitutional Protection of Economic and Social Rights in Latin America”, in: Rosalind Dixon and
Tom Ginsburg, Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
2017.
Portuguese translation: “Direitos Econômicos e sociais na América Latina”, in: Marcelo Novelino
and André Fellet, Separação de Poderes: aspectos contemporâneos da relação entre Executivo,
Legislativo e Judiciário (Separation of Powers: Contemporary Aspects about the Relationship
between the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary). Salvador: Juspodivm, 2018.
Spanish translation: “Los derechos constitucionales sociales en América Latina”, 5 Revista del
Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, 2017.
“The Constitutional Adjudication of Positive Social and Economic Rights by Means of the Proportionality
Analysis”, in: Martin Borowski, Stanley Paulson, and Jan R. Sieckmann, Rechtsphilosophie und
Grundrechtstheorie (Legal Philosophy and Theory of Constitutional Rights). Tubingen: Mohr
Siebeck, 2017.
“Ponderación y colisiones entre derechos fundamentales” (“Balancing and Collisions between
Constitutional Rights”), in: Magdalena Correa, Néstor Osuna, and Gonzalo Ramírez (eds.),
Lecciones de derecho constitucional (Lectures on Constitutional Law). Bogota: Universidad
Reprinted in: George Salomão Leite, Clauco Salomão Leite, and Lenio Luiz Streck (eds.),
Neoconstitucionalismo: avances y retrocesos (New Constitutionalism: Advancements and
Regressions). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2016.
Reprinted also in: George Salomão Leite, Clauco Salomão Leite, and Lenio Luiz Streck (eds.),
Neoconstitucionalismo: avanços e retrocesos (New Constitutionalism: Advancements and
Regressions). Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 2017.
“Kelsen y las normas de competencia” (“Kelsen and Competence Norms”), in Carlos Bernal and Marcelo
Porciúncula, Kelsen para Erizos (Kelsen for Hedgehogs). Bogota: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, 2017.
“La aporía de la justicia transicional y el dilema constitucional del marco jurídico para la paz” (“The Aporia
of Transitional Justice and the Constitutional Dilemma of the Legal Framework for Peace”), in:
Carlos Bernal Pulido, Gerardo Barbosa Castillo, and Andrés Rolando Ciro Gómez (eds.), Justicia
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Transicional: Retos teóricos (Transitional Justice: Theoretical Challenges). Bogota: Universidad
“Justicia, justicia transicional y fuerzas armadas. Un análisis desde la perspectiva del derecho
constitucional” (“Justice, Transitional Justice and Military Forces. An Analysis from the
Constitutional Law Perspective”) (with Magdalena Correa), in: Carlos Bernal Pulido, Gerardo
Barbosa Castillo, and Andrés Rolando Ciro Gómez (eds.), Justicia Transicional: El papel de las
fuerzas armadas (Transitional Justice: The Role of the Military Forces). Bogota: Universidad
“La comisión de la verdad para Colombia: Un análisis crítico” (“A Comission of Truth for Colombia: A
Critical Analysis”), in: Carlos Bernal Pulido, Gerardo Barbosa Castillo, and Andrés Rolando Ciro
Gómez (eds.), Justicia Transicional: Verdad y Responsabilidad (Transitional Justice: Truth and
Responsibility). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016.
“The Right to Water: Constitutional Perspectives from the Global South”, in: Shawkat Alam, Sumudu
Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Jona Razzaque (eds.), International Environmental Law and
the Global South. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
“La responsabilidad extracontractual del Estado por daños que le sean imputables con ocasión de los
acuerdos de paz” (“State Liability for Damages caused during the Peace Process”) (with María José
Viana Cleves), in: Juan Carlos Henao y Andrés Fernando Ospina Garzón, La Responsabilidad
Extracontractual del Estado ¿Qué? ¿Por qué? Y ¿Hasta dónde? (State Liability: What? Why? With
What Limitations?). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia. 2015.
“Problemas teóricos y de derechos fundamentales del uso del análisis de contexto para la investigación
penal en el derecho interno colombiano” (Theoretical and Rights-Based Issue of Context Analysis
in Colombian Criminal Law), in: Carlos Bernal and Gerardo Barbosa (eds.), El análisis de contexto
de investigación penal: críticas del trasplante del Derecho Internacional al Derecho Interno
(Context Analysis in Criminal Investigation: A Critique of A Legal Transplantation from
International to Domestic Law). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2015.
“La metodología de una filosofía del derecho para el neoconstitucionalismo” (“A Methodology for a New-
Constitutional Legal Theory”), in: María Elósegui and Alejandra Flores, El neo-constitucionalismo
en la teoría de la argumentación de Robert Alexy (New-Constituionalism in Robert Alexy’s Theory
of Argumentation). Mexico: Porrúa, 2015.
“Proporcionalidad, derechos fundamentales y ley penal” (“Proportionality, Constitutional Rights, and
Criminal Law”), in: Juan Antonio Lascuraín and Maximiliano Rusconi (eds.), El principio de
proporcionalidad penal (Proportionality in Criminal Law). Buenos Aires: Ad hoc, 2014.
“Derechos fundamentales” (“Constitutional Rights”), in: Jorge Luis Fabra Zamora and Verónica Rodríguez
Blanco (eds.), Enciclopedia de filosofía y teoría del derecho (Encyclopedia of Legal Theory).
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2014.
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“Proportionalidad” (“Proportionality”), in: Miguel Carbonell (ed.), Diccionario Jurídico Básico. Mexico:
Porrúa, 2013.
“Introducción” (“Introduction”), in: Carlos Bernal and Jorge Fabra (eds.), La filosofía de la responsabilidad
civil (The Philosophy of Torts). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2013.
“Introduction”, in: Carlos Bernal and Thomas Bustamante (eds.), On the Philosophy of Precedent.
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012 (with Thomas Bustamante).
Spanish translation: “Introducción”, in: Carlos Bernal and Thomas Bustamante (eds.), La filosofía
del precedente (On the Philosophy of Precedent). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia,
2015.
“Precedents and Balancing”, in: Carlos Bernal and Thomas Bustamante (eds.), On the Philosophy of
Precedent. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012.
Spanish translation: “Los precedentes y la ponderación”, 22 Podium 2012. (*)
Reprinted in: Carlos Bernal and Thomas Bustamante (eds.), La filosofía del precedente (On the
Philosophy of Precedent). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2015.
Reprinted also in: La Constitución como objeto de interpretación (The Constitution as an Object
of Interpretation). Mexico: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Centro de Estudios
Constitucionales, 2016.
Portuguese translation: “O precedente e a ponderação”, in: Tiago Gagliano Pinto Alberto (ed), La
motivaçao no CPC/2015 e maais além (Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2017).
“Proporcionalidad” (Proportionality”), Diccionario iberoamericano de derechos humanos y
fundamentales (Ibero-American Human and Constitutional Rights Dictionary), 2012. Available
on-line at: http://diccionario.pradpi.org/inicio/index.php/terminos_pub/view/114
“Droit fondamentaux, juristocratie et hyperprésidentialisme en Amérique Latine” (“Constitutional Rights,
Juristocracy and Hyper-presidentislism in Latin America”), in Arnaud Martin (ed.), La glaive et la
balance. Droits de l’homme, justice constitutionnelle et démocratie en Amérique Latine (The
Sword and Scales. Human Rights, Constitutional Justice, and Democracy in Latin America).
Paris: L’Harmattan, 2012.
Spanish translation: “Derechos fundamentales, juristocracia e hiperpresidencialismo en América
Latina”, in: Arnaud Martin (ed.), Justicia constitucional, derechos humanos y democracia en
América Latina (Constitutional Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy in Latin America).
Portuguese translation: “Direitos fundamentais, juristocracia constitucional e
hiperpresidencialismo na América Latina”, 17 (111) Revista jurídica da presidência 2015. (*)
“La tesis de la doble naturaleza del derecho de Robert Alexy” “On Alexy’s Thesis of the Double Nature of
Law”, in: Carlos Bernal (ed), La doble dimensión del derecho. Autoridad y razón en la obra de
Robert Alexy (The Double Dimension of Law. Authority and Reason in Robert Alexy’s Theory of
Law). Lima: Palestra, 2011.
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“Proporcionalidad y juicio de la igualdad” (“Proportionality and the Equality Test”), in: Laura Clérico and
Gustavo Baede (eds), Estudios Sobre la Ponderación (Essays on Balancing). Bogota: Universidad
“La aplicación del principio de proporcionalidad en el juicio de igualdad. Comentario a la Sentencia del
Tribunal Constitucional del Perú 045-2004-PI/TC” (The Use of Proportionality in the Equality
Analysis. A Commentary to the Judgment 045-2004-PI/TC of the Constitutional Court of Peru”,
in: Miguel Carbonell and Pedro P. Grández Castro (coord.), El principio de proporcionalidad en el
derecho contemporáneo (Lima: Palestra, 2010), 321-336. Casa. Estudio.
“La ponderación en el derecho constitucional de los Estados Unidos y de Hispanoamérica” (“Balancing in
U.S. and Latin American Constitutional Law”). Introduction to the Spanish translation of
Constitutional Law in the Age of Balancing by T. Alexander Aleinikoff. Lima: Palestra, 2010.
“Estado social y globalización en América Latina” (“Welfare State and Globalization in Latin America”), in:
Miguel Carbonell and Leonardo García Jaramillo (eds.), El canon neo-constitucional (The New-
Constitutional Canon). Bogota, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2010.
“Die Fundamentalität der Grundrechte” (“The Fundamental Nature of Constitutional Rights”), in: Jan-
Reinhard Sieckmann and Laura Clérico (eds.), Grundrechte, Prinzipien und Argumentation
(Constitutional Rights, Principles, and Argumentation). Baden Baden: Nomos, 2009.
Spanish translation: “El carácter fundamental de los derechos fundamentales”, in: Jan-Reinhard
Sieckmann, Laura Clérico, and Daniel Oliver-Lalana (eds.), Derechos fundamentales, principios y
argumentación (Constitutional Rights, Principles, and Argumentation). Granada: Comares, 2011.
Portuguese translation: “O caráter fundamental dos direitos fundamentais”, 19/20 Revista de
Direito do Estado 2010.
Reprinted in: Felipe Dutra Asensi and Daniel Giotti de Paula (eds.), Direito Constitucional
(Constitutional Law). Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: Elsevier, 2013.
“La fuerza vinculante de la jurisprudencia constitucional en el orden jurídico colombiano” (“Constitutional
Precedent in Colombian Law”), in: Alexei Julio (ed.), Teoría constitucional y políticas públicas
(Constitional Theory and Public Policy). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2008.
“El concepto y la naturaleza del derecho según Robert Alexy” (“On Alexy’s Concept and Nature of Law”).
Introduction to the Spanish translation of the collection of essays by Robert Alexy: El Concepto y
la Naturaleza del Derecho (The Concept and the Nature of Law). Madrid and Barcelona: Marcial
Pons, 2008.
“Estudio Introductorio”. Introduction to the Second Spanish Translation of Robert Alexy’s A Theory of
Constitutional Rights: Teoría de los derechos fundamentales. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos
y Constitucionales, 2008.
“Democracia y globalización en América Latina” (“Democracy and Globalization in Latin America”), in
Gonzalo Ramírez (ed.), El derecho en el contexto de la globalización (Law in Globalization).
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“Refutación y defensa del neo-constitucionalismo” (“Critique and Defense of the New-Constitutionalism”),
in: Miguel Carbonell (ed), Teorías del Neoconstitucionalismo (Theories on the New
Constitutionalism). Madrid: Trotta, 2007.
Reprinted in: 100 Revista Jurídica del Perú, 2009.
Reprinted also in: Rafael Enrique Aguilera Portales, Rubén Enrique Becerra Rojasvértiz, and
Santiago Ortega Gomero (eds.), Neoconstitucionalismo, democracia y derechos fundamentales
(New-Constitutionalism, Democracy, and Constitutional Rights). Porrúa: México, 2010.
“Grenzen und Rationalität der Abwägung. Grundrechte als Prinzipien in Spanien” (“Limits and Rationality
of Balancing. Constitutional Rights as Principles in Spain”), in: Jan-Reinhard Sieckmann (ed.), Die
Prinzipientheorie der Grundrechte (The Principles Theory of Constitutional Rights). Baden-
Baden: Nomos, 2007.
Spanish translation: “Los derechos fundamentales y la teoría de los principios”, 30 Doxa 2007. (*)
Reprinted in: Jan-Reinhard Sieckmann (ed.), La teoría principialista de los derechos
fundamentales. Estudio sobre la teoría de los derechos fundamentales de Robert Alexy. Madrid,
Barcelona, and Buenos Aires: Marcial Pons, 2011.
“Precedent in Colombia”, in Ewoud Hondius (ed.), Precedent and the Law. Brussels: Bruylant, 2007.
Spanish translation: “El precedente en Colombia”, 331 Revista de la Academia Colombiana de
Jurisprudencia, 2006.
Reprinted in: Edgar Carpio Marcos and Pedro Grández (Ed.), Estudios al Precedente
Constitucional (Studies on Constitutional Precedent). Lima: Palestra, 2007.
“La globalización y los derechos fundamentales de los inmigrantes” (“Globalization and the Human Rights
of Migrants”), in: Luis Villar Borda and José María Rosales, La inmigración y las oportunidades
de la ciudadanía (Immigration and Citizenship Opportunities). Bogota: Universidad Externado de
Colombia, 2005.
“La ponderación como procedimiento para interpretar los derechos fundamentales” (“Balancing as a
Methodology for the Adjudication of Constitucional Rights”), in: Enrique Cáceres, Imer Flores,
Jorge Saldaña, and Enrique Villanueva (eds.), Problemas contemporáneos de la filosofía del
derecho (Contemporary Issues in Legal Philosophy). Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, 2005.
Reprinted in: Antonio Flores (ed.), Interpretación y ponderación de los derechos fundamentales
en el Estado Constitucional (Interpretation and Balancing of Constitutional Rights in the
Constitutional State). Mexico: Tirant lo Blanch, 2013.
“La fuerza vinculante de la jurisprudencia constitucional” (“Precedent in Constitutional Law”), in: Néstor
Osuna et alt. (ed.), Memorias de las V Jornadas de Derecho Constitucional y Administrativo
(Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Constitutional and Administrative Law). Bogota:
Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2005.
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“On Alexy’s Weight Formula”, in: Agustín J. Menéndez and Erik O. Eriksen (eds.), Arguing Fundamental
Rights. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2006.
Spanish Translation: “Consideraciones acerca de la fórmula de la ponderación de Robert Alexy” in:
Eduardo Montealegre (ed.), La ponderación en el derecho (Balancing in Law). Bogota:
Reprinted in: Agustín J. Menéndez and Erik O. Eriksen (eds.), La argumentación y los derechos
fundamentales (Argumentation and Constitutional Rights). Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos
y Constitucionales, 2010.
“Las normas de competencia en la teoría pura del derecho de Kelsen” (“Competence Norms in Kelsen’s Pure
Theory of Law”), in: Luis Villar Borda (ed.), Hans Kelsen 1881 – 1973. Bogota: Universidad
Reprinted in: Roberto González Álvarez (ed), Constitucion, Ley y Proceso (Constitution,
Legislation, and Procedures). Lima: Ara and Universidad Andina del Cusco, 2013.
“El derecho al libre desarrollo de la personalidad” (“The Right to Free Development of Personality in the
Colombian Constitution”), in: Néstor Osuna et alt. (eds), Memorias de las IV jornadas de derecho
constitucional y administrativo (Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Constitutional and
Administrative Law). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2003.
“El principio de proporcionalidad de la legislación penal” (“Proportionality in Criminal Law”), in: Eduardo
Montealegre et alt. (eds.), Jornadas internacionales de derecho penal (Proceedings of the
International Criminal Law Conference). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2002.
Reprinted in: 3 Jurisprudencia Constitucional, 2006.
Portuguese Translation: “O princípio da proporcionalidade da legislaçao penal”, in: Cláudio Pereira
de Souza Neto e Daniel Sarmiento (ed.), A constitucionalização do direito - Fundamentos teóricos
e aplicações específicas (The Constitutionalization of Law – Theoretical Foundations and Specific
Applications). Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Iuris, 2007.
“El juicio de igualdad en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Constitucional colombiana” (“The Equality Test in
the Jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court”) in: Juan Vega and Edgar Corzo (eds.),
Instrumentos de tutela y justicia constitucional (Judicial Review and Remedies). Mexico:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2003.
Reprinted in: 8 (2) Letras Jurídicas, 2003 (*).
Reprinted also in: 98 Revista Jurídica del Perú, 2009.
“Razionalitá, proporcionalita e ragionevolezza nel giudizio di constituzionalitá delle leggi” (“Rationality,
Proportionality and Reasonableness in Judicial Review”), in: Massimo La Torre and Antonio
Spadaro (eds.), La ragionevolezza nel Diritto (Reasonableness in Law), Turin: Giapicchelli, 2002.
Blog Entries and Newspaper Op-eds
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2019
“Two Arguments against the Theory of the Constituent Power”, IACL-AIDC Blog (21 June 2019)
https://blog-iacl- aidc.org/membership-and-exclusion/2019/6/18/two-arguments-against-the-
theory- of-the-constituent-power
“The Challenges of Transformative Constitutionalism – A Reply to Jorge González Jácome”, Int’l J. Const.
L. Blog, Jan. 1, 2019, at: http://www.iconnectblog.com/2019/01/the-challenges-of-
transformative- constitutionalism-a-reply-to-jorge-gonzalez-jacome/
2018
“Introduction to I-CONnect Symposium–Contemporary Discussions in Constitutional Law–Part II: The
Paradox of the Transformative Role of the Colombian Constitutional Court”, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog,
Oct. 31, 2018, at: http://www.iconnectblog.com/2018/11/introduction-to-i-connect-symposium-
contemporary-discussions-in-constitutional-law-part-i-the-paradox-of-the-transformative-role-
of-the-colombian-constitutional-court
2017
“Un juez de expresa por medio de sus sentencias” (“A Judge speaks Through His Judgements”), 457 Ámbito
Jurídico, 2017.
“La responsabilidad del mando” (“On Responsibilty of the Commanders”), 459 Ámbito Jurídico, 2017.
“¿La democracia en tela de juicio?” (“Democracy under Review?”), 457 Ámbito Jurídico, 2017.
2016
“Las FARC y las garantías de no-repetición” (“FARC and Warranties of Non-Repetition”), 455 Ámbito
Jurídico, 2016.
“Los efectos del pleiscito por la paz” (“On the Effects of the Plebiscite for Peace”), 453 Ámbito Jurídico,
2016.
“Los límites a la función supervisora de la satisfacción de los derechos sociales de la Corte Constitucional”
(“On the Limits to the Supervisory Juristiction of the Constitutional Court concerning Social
Rights”), 451 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“Cambio constitucional informal” (“Informal Constitutional Change”), 449 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“La litigiosidad en responsabilidad extracontractual del Estado” (“On the Increase of Litigation concerning
State Liability), 447 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“Las presunciones en la responsabilidad extracontractual del Estado” (“On the use of Presumptions in the
Adjudication of State Liability Cases”), 445 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“El estado de cosas inconstitucional y su verificación de la Corte Constitucional” (“The Unconstitutional
State of Affairs and the Supervisory Function of the Constitutional Court”), 443 Ámbito Jurídico,
2016.
“¿Debe el Legislador expandir la responsabilidad extracontractual?” (“Should the Legislature enhance the
Scope Torts Law”), 441 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“Debatamos sobre la regulación de Uber” (“On the Regulation of Uber”), 439 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
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“El carácter limitable de la responsabilidad patrimonial del Estado” (“The Limitable Nature of State
Liability”), 437 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
“¿Deben los servicios públicos domiciliarios ser objeto exclusivo de las Empresas de Servicios Públicos
Domiciliarios?” (“Public Utilities as Exclusive Object of Public Utilities Companies?”, 435 Ámbito
Jurídico, 2016.
La Jurisdicción para la Paz y la Comisión de la Verdad (“The Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Truth
Comission”), 433 Ámbito Jurídico, 2016.
2015
Justicia internacional para víctimas que devinieron en victimarios (“International Justice for Victimis that
became Human Rights Violators”), 431 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
La Corte Constitucional y la transición hacia la paz (“The Constitutional Court and the Transition to Peace”),
429 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
La Constituión y las reformas de justicia transicional(“The Constitution and the Transitional Justice
Amendments”), 427 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
Comisión de la Verdad y Corte Penal Internacional (“The Truth Comission and the International Criminal
Court”, 425 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
Proporcionaildad y justicia transicional (“Proportionality and Transitional Justice”), 423 Ámbito Jurídico,
2015.
“Constitucionalismo abusivo en Ecuador” (“Abusive Constitutionalism in Ecuador”), 421 Ámbito Jurídico,
2015.
“Prueba de contexto y presunción de inocencia” (“The Proof of Context and the Presumption of Innocence”),
“El derecho fundamental a rechiflar” (“A Constitutional Right to Wishtlel?”), 417 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
“¿Quienes deben ser los guardianes de la Constitución?” (“Who should be the Guardian of the
Constitution?”), 415 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
“Justicia transicional para todos” (“Transitional Justice for Everyone”), 413 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
“El análisis de contexto para la investigación penal” (“Context Analysis for Criminal Investigation”), 411
Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
“El C-40 y las ciudades como sujetos de derecho internacional” (“The C-40 and Cities as Subjects of
International Law”), 409 Ámbito Jurídico, 2015.
2014
“¿Está moralmente justificado el impuesto a la riqueza?” (“Is a Wealth Tax Morally Justified?”), 407 Ámbito
Jurídico, 2014.
“Reformas constitucionales inconstitucionales y justicia transicional” (“Unconstitutional Constitutional
Amendments and Transitional Justice?”), 405 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“¿Debe prohibirse la reelección presidencial?” (“Should Presidential Reelection be Forbidden?”), 403
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“Constitucionalismo y justicia transicional” (“Constitutionalism and Transitional Justice”), 401 Ámbito
Jurídico 2014.
“La causalidad en filosofía y en derecho” (“Causation in Philosophy and Law”), 399 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Hart”, 397 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Austin”, 395 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Legality”, 393 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Los limites a la satisfacción de los derechos sociales” (“On the Litimations to Economic and Social Rights”)
“Solución jurisdiccional para casos sociales estructurales” (“A Judicial Solution for Economic and Social
Rights Structural Cases”), 389 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Constitucionalismo abusivo y sustitución de la constitución” (“Abusive Constitutionalism and
Constitutional Replacement”, 387 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“Ventajas y desventajas de la interpretación constitucional extra-territorial” (“Advantages and
Disadvantages of Extra-Territorial Constitutional Interpretation”), 385 Ámbito Jurídico, 2014.
“There are Still Judges in Berlin: On the Proposal to Amend the Ecuadorian Constitution to Allow Indefinite
Presidential Reelection”, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, September 10, 2014.
Spanish translation: “Aún hay jueces en Berlín”, El Universo, September 3, 2014.
2013
“On the Democratic Challenge to Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments”, in: Carlos Bernal-Pulido
& Yaniv Roznai, Article Review/Response, Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the
Case Study of Colombia, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, October 17, 2013.
“Ronald Dworkin y el derecho como práctica argumentativa” (“Ronald Dworkin and Law as an
Argumentative Practice”), Ámbito Jurídico, 2013.
2012
“¿Hasta qué punto debe responder el Estado por actos de terrorismo?” (To What Extent should the State
be Liable for Terrorist Attacks?”) (with María J. Viana), Ámbito Jurídico, 2012.
“In Search of Alternative Standards for the Adjudication of Socioeconomic Rights”, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog,
23 October 2012.
Spanish translation: “En búsqueda de criterios alternativos para la aplicación de los derechos sociales”,
“En torno al fundamento filosófico de la responsabilidad civil extracontractual” (“On the Philosophical
Foundations of Torts Law”), Ámbito Jurídico, 2012.
2008
“Responsabilidad sin causalidad” (“Liability without Causation?”), Ámbito Jurídico, 2008.
“El daño y la vulneración de derechos fundamentales” (“Damages and Infringements of Constitutional
Rights”), Ámbito Jurídico, 2008.
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“La doctrina del precedente constitucional en Colombia” (“Constitutional Precedent in Colombia”), Ámbito
Jurídico, 2008.
“Taking Risks Seriously”, Ámbito Jurídico [Brazil], 2008.
Book Reviews
Francisco Sosa Wagner, “Maestros del derecho público” (“German Masters of Public Law”), 112 Revista de
Estudios Políticos 2002. (*)
Xacobe Bastida, “La nación española y el nacionalismo constitucional” (“The Spanish Nation and
Constitutional Nationalism”), 7 Derechos y Libertades 1999. (*)
Juan María Bilbao Ubillos, “Los derechos fundamentales entre lo público y lo privado” (“Constitucional
Rights between the Public and the Private Sphere”), 4 Revista de Derecho del Estado 1998. (*)
Manuel Atienza and Juan Ruiz Manero, “Les éléments du droit” (“A Theory of Legal Sentences”), 36/37
Droit et Société 1997. (*)
Spanish Translation: “Las piezas del derecho”, 4 Revista del Derecho del Estado, 1998. (*)
Gustavo Zagrebelski, “El derecho ductil” (“Soft Law”), 1 Revista de Derecho del Estado 1997. (*)
TRANSLATIONS
Robert Alexy, “Between Positivism and Non-Positivism. A Third Reply to Eugenio Bulygin” (with María J.
Viana) (from English into Spanish), in: Jordi Ferrer, José Juan Moreso, and Diego Papayannis
(eds.), Neutralidad y teoría del derecho. Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires and São Paulo: Marcial
Pons, 2012.
Susan Haack, “Legal Probabilism: An Epistemological Disenssion” (with María J. Viana) (from English into
Spanish), in: Carmen Vásquez (ed.), Estándares de prueba y prueba científica. Ensayos de
epistemología jurídica. Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires and São Paulo: Marcial Pons, 2013.
Julian Rivers, “Constitutional Rights as Principles in England: Proportionality and Judicial Review Powers”
(from German into Spanish), in Jan R. Sieckmann (ed.), La teoría principialista de los derechos
fundamentales. Estudio sobre la teoría de los derechos fundamentales de Robert Alexy. Madrid,
Barcelona, Buenos Aires: Marcial Pons, 2011.
Agustín Menéndez and Erik Eriksen (eds), Arguing Fundamental Rights (from English into Spanish).
Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2010.
Robert Alexy, On the Concept and the Nature of Law (from English into Spanish). Madrid and Barcelona:
Marcial Pons, 2008.
Brian Bix, “Radbruch and Alexy” (from English into Spanish), in Id., Lenguaje, teoría y derecho. Bogota:
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Robert Alexy, A Theory of Constitucional Rights (from German into Spanish). Madrid: Centro de Estudios
Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008.
Robert Alexy, “The Weight Formula” (from German into Spanish), published as a postscript to the second
Spanish Edition of the Teoría de la Argumentación Jurídica (Theory of Legal Argumentation).
Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008, and Lima: Palestra, 2007.
Jan-Reinhard Sieckmann, “On the Justification of Balancing” (from German into Spanish), in Id., El
modelo de los principios del derecho. Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2006.
Jan-Reinhard Sieckmann, “Principles as Normative Arguments” (From German into Spanish), in Id., El
modelo de los principios del derecho. Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2006.
Stanley L. Paulson, “The Distinction between Fact and Value: the Two Worlds’ Doctrine and the Immanent
Sense. Hans Kelsen as Neo-Kantian” (from German into Spanish), 26 Doxa 2003.
Martin Borowski, The Structure of Constitutional Rights” (from German into Spanish). Bogota:
Robert Alexy, “On The Nature of Legal Philosophy” (from English into Spanish), 26 Doxa 2003.
Robert Alexy, Three Essays on Constitutional Rights and the Theory of Principles (from German into
Spanish). Bogota: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2003.
Robert Alexy, “Postscript to the Theory of Constitutional Rights” (from German into Spanish), 66 Revista
Española del Derecho Constitucional 2002.
IN PROGRESS
Crowdsourcing Constitutional Law (with book contract with Edward Elgar) (with Antoni Abat).
On Colombian Plebiscite for Peace. A Peaceful Abuse of Constitutionalism?, for a collection of essays edited
by Richard Albert and Richard Stacey (with book contract with the Oxford University Press).
Crowdsourcing Constitutional Interpretation (Journal Article)
The Normative Necessity of Proportionality (Journal Article)
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2020 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem (Israel)
2019 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law,
Heidelberg (Germany)
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2019 (Spring) Visiting Professor, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, École de droit de la Sorbonne,
Paris (France)
2017 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Kings’ College, London (U.K.)
2016 (Spring) Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law,
Heidelberg (Germany)
2015 (Spring) Visiting Professor, Centre de Théorie et Analyse du Droit, Paris West University Nanterre
La Défense, Paris (France)
2011 (Spring) Senior Research Scholar, Yale Law School, New Haven – Connecticut (USA)
EDUCATION
2011 PH.D. (PHILOSOPHY) ̶ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Dissertation Title: Living Together within a Legal Practice
Committee: Kirk Ludwig (chair), John Biro, Robert D'amico, and Michael Siebecker
2008 M.A. (PHILOSOPHY) ̶ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
2001 S.J.D (SUMMA CUM LAUDE & UNIVERSITY DOCTORAL AWARD) ̶ UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA (SPAIN)
Dissertation Title: El principio de proporcionalidad y los derechos fundamentales
(Proportionality and Constitutional Rights)
Committee: Gregorio Peces-Barba (Chair), Javier Jiménez Campo, Juan Antonio García Amado,
Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, and Manuel Medina Guerrero.
1996 LL.B. (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) ̶ UNIVERSITY EXTERNADO OF COLOMBIA (BOGOTA)
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
(Code: Eng=English, Sp=Spanish, Pt=Portuguese, Fr=French, Ger=German, It=Italian)
Forthcoming
2020
Milan
Notre Dame
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Cornell
2019
“The Migration of Concepts in Transitional Justice and the Colombian Peace Process”, Presentation,
Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, December, 2019. [Eng]
“The Migration of Constitutional and Human Rights Concepts in the Americas”, Presentation, Institute of
Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, December, 2019. [Eng]
“Constitutional Amendments”, Presentation, NYU Law School, New York, November, 2019. [Eng]
“The Illusion of Transformative Constitutionalism”, Presentation, Melbourne Law School, Melbourne,
Australia, September, 2019. [Eng]
“Proportionality in International Economic Law”, Presentation, Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia,
September, 2019. [Eng]
“Constitutional Law and International Investment Law”, Presentation, Macquarie Law School, Sydney,
Australia, September, 2019. [Eng]
“The Constitutional Duty to Prevent Climate Change”, Annual Lecture of the Centre for Environmental Law,
Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia, September, 2019. [Eng]
“Constitutional Law and International Investment Law”, Hong Kong Law School, Hong Kong, September,
2019. [Eng]
“The Normative Necessity of Proportionality”, Hong Kong Law School, Hong Kong, September, 2019. [Eng]
“Crowdsourcing Constitutional Interpretation”, IconS Conference, Santiago de Chile, July ,2019.
“The Normative Necessity of Proportionality”, IconS Conference, Santiago de Chile, July, 2019.
“The Illusion of Transformative Constitutionalism”, Max Planck Institute for International and Public
Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany, April, 2019. [Eng]
“The Illusion of Transformative Constitutionalism”, Sorbonne Law School, Paris, France, April, 2019. [Eng]
“How Constitutional Crowd-drafting can enhance Legitimacy in Constitution-Making”, Guest Lecture,
Dayton Law School, Dayton, March, 2019. [Eng]
“The Constitutional Review of the Colombian Peace Agreement”, Keynote Lecture, International Law
Weekend, Dayton Law School, Dayton, March, 2019. [Eng]
“Three Rules on Institutional Design and Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments”, Presentation,
Conference of the Future of Liberal Democracy, University of Texas at Austin Law School, Austin,
February, 2019. [Eng]
Copenhagen Law School, Copenhagen, Denmark, January, 2019. [Eng]
2018
“Do Constitutional Judges have a Transformative Obligation in the Global South?”, Federal University of
Minas Gerais, Keynote Lecture, 4th International Conference on Constitutional Theory and Political
Philosophy, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. [Sp]
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“The Illusion of Transformative Constitutionalism”, Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School, Keynote Lecture,
Conference on the 30th Anniversary of the Brazilian Constitution, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Eng]
“The Illusion of Transformative Constitutionalism”, University of São Paulo Law School, Guest Lecture, São
Paulo, Brazil. [Eng]
“Virtues and Vices of the Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence on the Rights of Internally Displaced
People”, Keynote Lecture, The 10th World Congress of the International Association of
Constitutional Law, Seoul, South Korea. [Eng]
“The People, the Constituent Power, and Populism in Constitution-Making”, Workshop Presentation, The
10th World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Seoul, South Korea.
[Eng]
“The Paradox of the Transformative Role of the Colombian Constitutional Court”, Presentation, ICONnect
Symposium, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Eng]
“The Paradox of the Transformative Role of the Colombian Constitutional Court”, Judges Panel Lecture,
King’s Transnational Law Summit 2018, London, United Kingdom. [Eng]
Series of Lectures on Law and Innovation, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.
[Sp]
“How Constitutional Crowd-drafting can enhance Legitimacy in Constitution-Making”, Inaugural Lecture
of the Academic Year 2018, Uniceub, Brasilia, Brazil. [Eng]
2017
“The Enforcement of Constitutional Precedent”, Keynote Lecture, 2017 Conference of the Peruvian
Constitutional Court, Lima, Peru. [Sp]
“The Colombian Plebiscite for Peace. A Peaceful Abuse of Constitutionalism?”, Keynote Lecture, Conference
on Plebiscites and Referenda, Toronto Law School. [Eng]
“The Constitutional Protection of the Environment”, Keynote Lecture, 2017 Constitutional Justice
Conference, Colombian Constitutional Court, Pasto, Colombia. [Sp]
“Transitional Constitutionalism in the Colombian Peace Process”, Guest Lecture, Kent Law School,
Canterbury, United Kingdom. [Eng]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power, Guest Lecture, University College, London, United
Kingdom. [Eng]
2016
“Transitional Constitutionalism in the Colombian Peace Process”, Guest Lecture, Parliament of Asturias,
Oviedo, Spain. [Sp]
“Justice, Truth, and Reparation in the Colombian Peace Process”, Guest Lecture, University of Leon, Leon,
Spain. [Sp]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power, Guest Lecture, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
[Sp]
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“Constitutional Precedents”, Keynote Lecture at the International Conference on Constitutional Precedents,
Supreme Court of Mexico, Mexico City. [Sp]
“On Legitimacy of International Courts”, A Comment to Andreas Follesdal, Conference on Legitimacy
within and beyond the State, Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School, Sydney,
Australia. [Eng]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power”, Keynote Lecture delivered at the Global Symposium
on Constitutional Amendment and Replacement in Latin America, Brasilia, Brazil. [Eng]
“Social Rights in Proportion”, Guest Lecture for Judges and Clerks of the Brazilian Supreme Court, Brasilia,
Brazil. [Sp]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power”, Presentation at the Workshop on Constitution Making
and Amendment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. [Sp]
“Infra-constitutional Constitutional Mutation in Japan”, Presentation at the Workshop on the
Constitutional Amendment of War Powers in Japan, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia. [Sp]
“Transitional Constitutionalism and the Peace Process”, Guest Lecture, Colombian Constitutional Court,
Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Abusive Constitutionalism in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, UEES University, Guayaquil, Ecuador. [Sp]
“The Reparation of Victims within the Framework of the Colombian Peace Process”, Catedra de cultura
jurídica, University of Girona, Spain. [Sp]
“The Judicial Enforcement of Constitutional Economic and Social Rights”, Faculty of Law, University of
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. [Ger]
“The Reparation of Victims within the Framework of the Colombian Peace Process”, Max Planck Institute
for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg, Germany. [Sp]
“Transitional Constitutionalism in Colombia”, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative
Law, Heidelberg, Germany. [Ger]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power”, Guest Lecture, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso,
Chile. [Sp]
“Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power”, Guest Lecture, University of Diego Portales, Santiago,
Chile. [Sp]
2015
“Transitional Constitutionalism in Colombia”, Keynote Lecture, 12th Ibero-American Conference on
Constitutional Law, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“State Liability for Damages Caused because of a Transitional Justice Process”, Keynote Lecture, 4th
International Conference on Administrative Law, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Unsolved Problem of the Socio-Ontological Explanation of the Normativity of Law”, Keynote Lecture,
Symposium: Gerald Postema's 'Legal Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: The Common Law
World, Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
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“Institutional Conscientious Objections”, Guest Lecture, Macquarie University, Philosophy Department,
Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“The Adjudication of Economic and Social Rights in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, University of Paris
Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Paris, France. [Fr]
“The New-Constitutionalism in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la
Défense, Paris, France. [Fr]
“Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Comparative Perspective”, Guest Lecture, University of
Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Paris, France. [Fr]
“The Adjudication of Economic and Social Rights in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, UEES, Guayaquil,
Ecuador. [Sp]
“Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Comparative Perspective”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of
Law, University Santo Tomas, Bucaramanga, Colombia. [Sp]
“Theories of Legal Argumentation”, Presentation within the Framework of the PhD Seminar Series,
University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
2014
“Conscience Clauses and Conscience Refusal in Comparative Perspective”, Seminar Series, Macquarie Law
School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Conscience Clauses and Conscience Refusal in Comparative Perspective”, Keynote Lecture at the
Conference Freedom of Speech, Conscience and Association in a Religiously Tolerant Society, TC
Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [Eng]
“A Doctrine of Precedent for Continental Law Jurisdictions”, Guest Lecture, College of Judges, Medellin,
Colombia. [Sp]
“Corrective Justice as a Prototype Concept in Tort Law”, Ph.D. Seminar, Universidad Externado of
Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Theories of Legal Argumentation”, Guest Lecture within the Framework of the LL.M. Seminar Series,
UEES, Guayaquil, Ecuador. [Sp]
“Tort Law as a Practice of Corrective Justice”, Guest Lecture, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. [Eng]
“Social Ontology and the Nature of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
[It]
“Balancing Constitutional Rights”, Faculty of Law, Guest Lecture, University of Genoa, Italy. [It]
“The Right to Water in Constitutional Comparative Perspective”, Presentation at a Constitutional
Comparative Law Workshop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Contemporary Theories of the State”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Externado of Colombia,
Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Proportionality and Economic and Social Rights”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Medellin,
Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
“Balancing Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, UEES, Guayaquil, Ecuador. [Sp]
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“Informal Constitutional Change”, Moderation of a panel at the Symposium on Constitutional Change,
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, New York, United States. [Eng]
2013
“Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Santo Tomas,
Bucaramanga, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Migration of Proportionality across the World”, Guest Lecture, Julius Stone Institute of
Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Reasonableness, the Minimum Core and Proportionality in the Adjudication of Socio-Economic Rights”,
Presentation at the International Seminar on Constitutional Rights, Centre for Legal Governance,
Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Proportionality and Socio-Economic Rights”, Workshop Presentation, Young Comparative
Constitutionalists Conference of the American Association of Comparative Law, Indianapolis,
Indiana, United States. [Eng]
“Law Lectures for Active Learners”, Guest Lecture, Learning and Teaching Centre Seminar Series, Faculty
of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Corrective Justice and the Philosophical Underpinnings of Tort Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law,
University of Medellin, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Doctrine of Precedent in Latin American Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, UEES University,
Guayaquil, Ecuador. [Sp]
“Puzzles of the Concept of Constitutional Rights”, Inaugural Lecture of the Academic Year 2013, Faculty of
Law, University Eafit, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
2012
“The Minimum Core and the Adjudication of Socio-Economic Rights in Colombia”, Guest Lecture, Faculty
of Law, University Santo Tomas, Bucaramanga, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Adjudication of Socio-Economic Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law”, Keynote Lecture,
Conference of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador. [Sp]
“Law Lectures for Active Learners”, Guest Lecture, Law School, City University of Hong Kong. [Eng]
“Proportionality and Socio-economic Rights”, Presentation at the Public Law Weekend, Australian National
University, Canberra, Australia. [Eng]
“The Migration of Proportionality across Europe”, Guest Lecture at the Legal Theory Workshop, Melbourne
Law School, Melbourne, Australia. [Eng]
“Austin, Hart and Shapiro”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota,
Colombia. [Sp]
“Collective Intentionality and the Nature of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Medellin,
Medelllin, Colombia. [Sp]
“Social Ontology and the Nature of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, UEES University, Guayaquil,
Ecuador. [Sp]
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“Democratic Alternatives to Judicial Review”, Workshop Presentation at the Conference of the Law and
Society Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. [Eng]
“The Migration of Proportionality across Europe”, Guest Lecture, Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence,
Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“Collective Intentionality and the Nature of Law”, Presentation at the International Workshop on Collective
Intentionality, Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
[Eng]
“The Migrations of Proportionality”, Guest Lecture, Centre for Legal Governance, Macquarie Law School,
Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“A Concept of Intentional Action for Intentional Torts”, Guest Lecture, Law School, National University of
Singapore. [Eng]
2011
“The Migrations of Proportionality”, Guest Lecture, New Zealand Association of Comparative Law,
Wellington, New Zealand. [Eng]
“Collective Intentionality and the Nature of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, Victoria University,
Wellington, New Zealand. [Eng]
“Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Case Study of Colombia: An Analysis of the
Justification and Meaning of the Constitutional Replacement Doctrine”, Keynote Lecture,
International Conference of the Colombian Constitutional Court for the Celebration of the 20th
Anniversary of the Colombian Constitution, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“On Shapiro’s Planning Theory of Law”, Conference of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, Brisbane,
Australia. [Eng]
“In Search of the Ontological Structure of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Externado of
Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“In Search of the Ontological Structure of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Medellin,
“A Critique of Bratman’s Theory of Collective Intentions”, Guest Lecture, Department of Philosophy,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States. [Eng]
“Collective Intentions and the Concept of Law”, Guest Lecture, Centre for Legal Governance, Macquarie
Law School, Sydney, Australia. [Eng]
“The Sociality Thesis in the Theories of Law of Hart and Shapiro”, Guest Lecture, Seminar Series of the
Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School, Australia. [Eng]
2010
“Collective Intentions and the Concept of Law”, Workshop Presentation, Conference of the Australian
Society of Legal Philosophy, Melbourne, Australia. [Eng]
“On Alexy’s Theory of Law”, Conference on Neutrality and Law, Faculty of Law, University of Girona,
Girona, Spain. [Eng]
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“Constitutional Rights’ Issues of Medical Tourism”, International Conference on Medical Tourism,
Chamber of Commerce, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
2009
“On Alexy’s Theory of Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota,
Colombia. [Sp]
“On Causation”, Inaugural Lecture of the Academic Year 2009, Faculty of Law, University EAFIT, Medellin,
Colombia. [Sp]
“On the Concept of Constitutional Rights in European Comparative Constitutional Law” Guest Lecture,
Faculty of Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Eng]
2008
“On the Fundamental Nature of Constitutional Rights”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on
Theory of Constitutional Rights hosted by the German Service of Academic Exchange, Buenos
Aires, Argentina. [Ger]
“Advantages and Disadvantages of the Use Proportionality. An Assessment of the European Experience”,
Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Sp]
“Living together within a Legal Practice. Is the Law a Collective Intentional Activity?”, Workshop
Presentation, Conference Collective Intentionality VI, University of Berkeley, California, United
States. [Eng]
“On the Construction of Social Reality”, Guest Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida, United States. [Eng]
2007
“Interpreting Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Federal Electoral Court, Mexico City, Mexico. [Sp]
“Judicial Review and Political Control in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, Levin College of Law, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States. [Eng]
2006
“Torts and Infringements of Constitutional Rights”, Keynote Lecture, International Public Law Conference,
“Balancing, Constitutional Rights and Liability”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference Balancing and
the Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Precedent in Colombia”, Workshop Presentation, Conference of the International Academy of
Comparative Law, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [Eng]
“On the Right’s Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
“Constitutional Precedent”, Keynote Lecture, Conference on the 15th Anniversary of the Colombian
Constitution, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Constitutional Rights’ Argumentation in the Case Law of the Mexican Federal Electoral Court”,
International Conference on Electoral Courts, Mexican Electoral Court and School of Political
Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. [Sp]
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“Adjudicating Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Electoral Court of Michoacán, Morelia, México. [Sp]
“Balancing and the Adjudication of Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Federal Supreme Court of
Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. [Sp]
“Equality and Labour Discrimination”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference of the International
Labour Organization, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“Proportionality and Reasonableness”, International Conference on Legal Theory, Faculty of Law,
University Javeriana, Cali, Colombia. [Sp]
“On Precedent”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Legal Theory, Faculty of Law, Federal
University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. [Sp]
“On the Concept of Liberty in Norberto Bobbio’s Political Theory”, Keynote Lecture, International
Conference on Norberto Bobbio’s Legal Philosophy, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota,
Colombia. [Sp]
“The Rationality of Balancing”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Alicante, Spain. [Sp]
“The Rationality of Balancing”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference Albert Calsamiglia, Faculty of
Law, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. [Eng]
“Constitutional Rights as Principles under the Spanish Constitution”, Keynote Lecture, International
Conference on Theory of Constitutional Rights hosted by the German Service of Academic
Exchange, Faculty of Law, University of Bamberg, Germany. [Ger]
2005
“Key Concepts of Latin American Constitutional Law”, Guest Lecture, Translations Office, United Nations,
Geneva, Switzerland. [Sp]
“Interpreting the Right to Equality”, Guest Lecture, Mexican Federal Electoral Court, Mexico City, Mexico.
[Sp]
“Due Process of Law and Legal Argumentation”, Keynote Lecture, International Litigation Conference,
Faculty of Law, University of Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Underrepresentation of Latin America in Global Governance”, Keynote Lecture, 5th International
Public Law Conference at the Faculty of Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.
[Sp]
“Democracy as Constitutional Principle in Latin-America”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on
Democracy in Latin-America at the French National Assembly, Paris, France. [Sp]
“Normativity and Legal Argumentation”, Workshop Presentation, Conference of the International
Association of Social and Legal Philosophy, Granada, Spain. [Eng]
“On the Concept of Balancing”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference of Argentinean Association of
Legal Philosophy, Vaquerias–Cordoba, Argentina. [Sp]
“On the Right’s Law”, Guest Lecture, Office of the Colombian Attorney General, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“On the Concept and Structure of Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Judec Institute, Barquisimeto,
Venezuela. [Sp]
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2004
“Political Accountability in Colombian Constitutional Law’”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on
Political Accountability in Latin America hosted by the Department of State of the Spanish
Government, Cartagena, Colombia. [Sp]
“Constitutional Rights in the Colombian Constitution”, Guest Lecture, Office of the Colombian Attorney
General, Pereira, Colombia. [Sp]
“Rules of Competence in Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law”, Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Hans
Kelsen’s Theory of Law, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Constitutional Right to Free Development of Personality”, Keynote Lecture, 4th International Public
Law Conference, University Externado of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Right to Equality and Labor Discrimination in the Andean Region”, Keynote Lecture, International
Conference of the International Labor Organization, Barranquilla, Colombia. [Sp]
“The Constitutional Right to Due Process of Law”, Keynote Lecture, International Process Law Conference,
University of Medellin, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
“On Robert Alexy’s Theory of Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of
Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. [Sp]
2003
“Referendum and Constitutional Amendments in Latin America”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University
of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. [Sp]
“The Structure and the Limits of Balancing”, Workshop Presentation, Conference of the International
Association of Social and Legal Philosophy, Lund, Sweden. [Eng]
“The Limits of Balancing”, Keynote Lecture, 1st Hispano-American Legal Philosophy Conference, National
Autonomous University, Mexico City, Mexico. [Sp]
“The Doctrine of Precedent in Colombian Law”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Icesi, Cali,
Colombia. [Sp]
2002
“Rules of Competence in Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law”, Keynote Lecture, International Kelsen Conference,
Max Plank Institute for Legal History, Frankfurt, Germany. [Ger]
“Proportionality, Rationality and Reasonableness”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University Eafit,
“Proportionality in Criminal Law”, Keynote Lecture, 24th International Criminal Law Conference,
“The Principle of Equality in the Case Law of the Colombian Constitutional Court”, Keynote Lecture, 7th
Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Law, National Autonomous University, Mexico City,
Mexico. [Sp]
“Discussing Proportionality”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
[Sp]
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“Balancing and the Interpretation of Constitutional Rights”, Guest Lecture, Bartolome de las Casas Human
Rights Institute, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. [Sp]
2001
“The Structure of Proportionality”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Leon, Leon, Spain. [Sp]
“Function and Scope of Proportionality”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law, University of Leon, Leon, Spain.
[Sp]
2000
“Rationality, Proportionality and Reasonableness in Judicial Review”, Keynote Lecture, International
Conference of Reasonableness, Faculty of Law, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. [It]
“The Role of Proportionality in Constitutional Review”, Guest Lecture, Faculty of Law - Christian Albrecht
University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany. [Ger]
COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONSULTANCIES
2016
Constitutional Precedents (Consultancy with the Mexican Supreme Court, via Macquarie Access), $8.000.
Constitutional Amendment and Replacement in Latin America (with Juliano Zaiden (University of
Brasilia), and Richard Albert (Boston College). FAP/DF (Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito
Federal) (Research Foundation the Brazilian Federal District),$40.916. CNPq (Conselho Nacional
de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development), $11.777.
2012
Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics Grant, Macquarie University, for hosting a workshop on “Alternative
Institutional Arrangements to Constitutional Review” at Macquarie Law School.
Legal Scholarship Fund New South Wales Grant for the project: “Proportionate Socioeconomic Rights”.
Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics Grant, Macquarie University, for hosting a workshop on “Social
Ontology and Collective Intentionality” (with John Sutton and Heikki Ikahemo).
Legal Scholarship Fund New South Wales Grant for the project: “A Concept of Intentional Action for
Intentional Torts”.
2011
Legal Scholarship Fund New South Wales Grant for the project: “In Search of the Ontological Structure of
Law”.
Legal Scholarship Fund New South Wales Grant for the project: “Austin, Hart and Shapiro: Three
Variations on Law as Social Practice”.
2010
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Legal Scholarship Fund New South Wales Grant for the project: “Collective Intentionality and the Nature
of Law”, $3.000.
2009
Macquarie Research Development Grant, 2009-2011 for the project: “Living together within a Legal
Practice”, $35.000.
2007
Ford Foundation Grant for the project: “Judicial Review and Public Policies in Colombia” (with the then
Judges Montealegre and Cepeda of the Colombian Constitutional Court), $500.000.
POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISIONS
Current Doctoral Supervisions
Alessandra Guida, International Trade of Biotechnology under the WTO Balancing free Trade and
Biosafety with the Help of the Precautionary Principle, Macquarie University.
Former Doctoral Supervisions
Sheikh Mohammad Towhidul Karim, Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare in Bangladesh:

Opportunities and Challenges, Macquarie University, 2019.
Andrés Ciro, The Rights to Deliberation of Members of the Military Forces, University Externado of
Colombia, 2019.
Alexander Cruz, Multinational Companies and the Right to Health, University Externado of Colombia,
2019.
Mateo Duque, The Right to Try. A Comparative Analysis USA- Colombia, University Externado of
Colombia, 2018.
Atia Nazim, On the Constitutional Right to Housing in Bangladesh, Macquarie University, 2018.
Bu Tien Dat, Proportionality and Penalties for Minor Offences in Comparative Perspective, Macquarie
University, 2017.
Rodrigo Camarena, A Doctrine of Precedent for Continental Legal Systems, Macquarie University, 2017.
Harold Baroi, Freedom of Information in Australia and Bangladesh. A Comparative Analysis, Macquarie
University, 2017.
Uche Ngwaba, The Right to Health in Nigeria, Macquarie University, 2017.
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Natalia Castilla, The Global Governance of Freedom of Expression in the Cyber-Space, University
Externado of Colombia, 2016.
Richard Ramírez, On the State Duty to Protect the Constitutional Right to Water, University Externado of
Colombia, 2016.
Natalia Rodriguez, Indigenous Rights and Biodiversity Protection in Australia and Colombia, Macquarie
University, 2015.
Manuel Oviedo, The concept of rights. A conceptual analysis of the distinction between real and personal
rights, University Externado of Colombia, 2012.
Luis F. López Roca, The Doctrine of too Big to Fail and the Constitutional Right to Equality, University
Jaime Gañán, On The Contitutional Right to Health in Colombia, University Externado of Colombia, 2010.
Current Masters’ Students Supervisions
Amy Buckley, Unchanged Changed Constitutions: Formal and Informal Constitutional Change in
Australia, Ireland, and the United States, Macquarie Law School.
Hannah Fitzgerald, Child Offenders and Diversionary Schemes in Comparative Law, Macquarie Law
School.
Former Masters’ Students Supervisions
Pandey Prasiddha, The Right to Reparations in the Transitional Justice Processes in Nepal and Sri Lanka,
Master of Research (Arts, Law), Macquarie Law School, 2018.
Jair Robayo, Proportionality and the Free Delivery of Water, Master in Legal Theory, University Externado
of Colombia, 2017.
Juan Carlos Orozco, Precedent in Disciplinary Law in Colombia, Master in Legal Theory, University
Martín Javier Montenegro Canencio, The Sterilization of Disable Minors under Constitutional and
International Law, Master in Legal Theory, University Externado of Colombia, 2017.
Karen Díaz, Freedom of Expression as Public Service in Ecuador, Master in Legal Theory, University
Mateo Duque Giraldo, Invalidation of Judgments for Violating Precedents, Master in Constituional Law,
Universty Externado of Colombia, 2015.
Bernardo Reina Parra, The Limits to the Amending Power, Master in Legal Theory, University Externado
of Colombia, 2015.
Nohora Malagón, Proportionality and Reparation of Non-Material Damages, Master in Administrative Law,
University Externado of Colombia, 2015.
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Luis Fernando Hernández, On Colombian Infra-Structure Law, Master in Economic Law, University
Daniel Oliver Lalana, How should Legislators engage in Reasoning?, Master in Global Rule of Law and
Constitutional Democracy, Università degli Studi di Genova (Italia), 2014.
Richard Ramírez, Self-Regulation in Administrative Law, Master in Economic Law, University Externado
of Colombia, 2009.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISIONS
CURRENT
Samuel Mart, The Concept of 'unacceptable risk' in the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW),
Macquarie Law School.
Cory Millar-Powell, Oversight in the Republic: A Theoretical Proposal for Constitutional Reform,
Macquarie Law School.
FORMER
2019
Amy Buckley, Macquarie Law School.
Hannah Fitzgerald, Macquarie Law School.
TEACHING
At Macquarie Law School
Foundations of Law (2009 – 2015); Jurisprudence (2014 – present); Theories of Law and Justice (2014 –
present); Legal Research Methodologies (2010 – 2015); Torts (2010 – 2011)
At University Externado of Colombia

In the LL.B.: Jurisprudence.
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LL.M. and S.J.D. Seminars: Theories of the State; Contemporary Theories of Law; Theories of
Constitutional Rights; Comparative Constitutional Review; The Philosophy of Torts; Theories of
Legal Argumentation.
Teaching of Special Courses

Theoretical Foundations of Constitutional Rights, special course for LL.M. and S.J.D. candidates, National
University of South, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 2008. [Sp]
Interpreting Constitutional Rights, Federal Electoral Tribunal, Mexico, 2006. [Sp]
Theories of Constitutional Rights, University Externado de Colombia, 2006. [Sp]
Principles of Latin American Constitutional Law, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006. [Fr]
Principles of Latin American Constitutional Law, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005. [Fr]
Interpreting Constitutional Rights, Public Utilities of Medellin Corporation, Colombia, 2004. [Sp]
Theories of Constitutional Rights, University Externado of Colombia, 2004. [Sp]
Principles of Latin American Constitutional Law, University of Salamanca, Spain, 2002.
Fundamental Social Rights, Special Seminar for LL.M. Candidates, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain,
2000 and 2001. [Sp]
Principles of Latin-American Constitutional Law, in Master of Latin-American Studies, Institute of Ibero-
American and Portuguese Studies at the University of Salamanca, Spain, 2000. [Sp]
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Order of Boyaca, Conferred by the President of the Republic of Colombia

2016 Order Jose Maria Cordova, Conferred by the Colombian Ministry of Defense for the doctrinal
contributions to the Peace Process.
2014 Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Research Award – Highly Commended for Research Excellence
2014 Honoris Causa Doctorate, Private University Ada A. Byron, Peru.
2013 Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning.
2013 Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Teaching Award for Enhancing First Year Experience.
2012 Award of Honorary Doctorate Medal, Honoris Causa, by the Faculty of Law, UEES, Guayaquil,
Ecuador.
2006 – 2008 Fulbright Scholarship for undertaking the M.A. (Philosophy) at the University of Florida.
2003 Intercampus Research Fellowship, Spanish International Cooperation Agency.
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2002 Award of Extraordinary Doctorate Prize for dissertations, University of Salamanca.
2000 DAAD Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service 2000.
1996 – 2001 Baldomero Sanín Cano Scholarship, University Externado of Colombia, for undertaking the
S.J.D at the University of Salamanca, Spain.
1996 Intercampus Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, Spanish International Cooperation Agency.
Referee for:
International Journal of Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press); Global Constitutionalism
(Cambridge University Press); Law and Philosophy; Sydney Law Review (Australia); Australian Journal
of Legal Philosophy (Australia); Macquarie Law Journal (Australia); Adelaide Law Review (Australia);
Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law (Australia); International
Journal of Technology Policy and Law (Australia); The Irish Jurist (Ireland); South African Journal of
Philosophy (South Africa); Revista de Estudios Políticos (Spain); Marcial Pons Press (Spain); Congency:
Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation (Chile); Revista de Derecho del Estado (Colombia); Academia:
Revista sobre enseñanza del derecho (Argentina).
Memberships to Editorial Boards of Journals and Book Series

Co-Editor of the Hart Book Series in Latin American and Caribbean Constitutionalisms, Hart Publishing
(Oxford); Co-Editor of the Series on Constitutional Theory, Marcial Pons (Spain, Argentina and Brazil);
Review of Constitutionalism and Constitutional Change; Anuario Iberoameriacano de Justicia
Constitucional (Spain), Revista del Centro de Estudios Constitucionales of the Mexican Supreme Court
(Mexico), Revista del Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana (Domenican Republic), Revista
de Derecho de la Universidad de los Andes (Chile); Revista del Posgrado en derecho de la UNAM (Mexico);
Revista Estado Constitucional (Perú); Revista de Derecho Público MINJUS (Peru); Essentia Juris (Peru);
Revista de Derecho del Estado (Colombia); Letras Jurídicas (Colombia); Podium (Ecuador); Revista de
Investigações Constitucionais (Brazil); La Revista de Direito Administrativo e Infraestrutura (Brazil).
Membership of Advisory Boards

International Board of the Network: Constitutional Populism: Friend or Foe of Constitutional Democracy.
Professional Memberships
Macquarie University Centre of Agency, Value and Ethics; Australian Society of Legal Philosophy;
International Society of Legal Philosophy; Ibero-American Institute of Comparative Constitutional law;
Macquarie University Centre for Environmental Law; Board of the Hispano-American Legal Culture
Association at the University of Girona (Spain).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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2014 – 2015 Director of Post-Graduate Coursework Programs and the Master of Research at Macquarie
Law School.
2012 – 2013 Director of Research at Macquarie Law School.
2007 – 2009 Co-Director of the LL.M. in Legal Theory at the University Externado of Colombia.
OTHER
Married (to Maria J. Viana); two children (Maria J. Bernal-Viana and Manuela Bernal-Viana).
Citizenships: Colombian and Australian.
Mother Tongue: Spanish.
Professional Working Language: English.
Languages with High Proficiency Levels: German, Italian, and French.
Member of the chorus at the University of Salamanca. 1996 – 2001.
Member of the chorus at the Opera of Colombia. 1992 – 1995.
Member of the Orchestra of the Conservatory of Colombia (violin). 1983 – 1990.
Updated: August 2019
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Carlos Bernal

2020 (AUGUST)- PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW

MAIN LEGAL CONSULTANCIES

2004 -2017 EPM (Medellin, Colombia)

Journal Articles (* indicates peer-reviewed)

Blog Entries and Newspaper Op-eds

2011 PH.D. (PHILOSOPHY) ̶ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

(Code: Eng=English, Sp=Spanish, Pt=Portuguese, Fr=French, Ger=German, It=Italian)

COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONSULTANCIES

POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISIONS

Current Doctoral Supervisions

Former Doctoral Supervisions

Sheikh Mohammad Towhidul Karim, Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare in Bangladesh:

Current Masters’ Students Supervisions

Former Masters’ Students Supervisions

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISIONS

At Macquarie Law School

At University Externado of Colombia

Teaching of Special Courses

HONORS AND AWARDS

2020 Order of Boyaca, Conferred by the President of the Republic of Colombia

Memberships to Editorial Boards of Journals and Book Series

Membership of Advisory Boards

Updated: August 2019

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