El The right of access to the administration of justice: a perspective from the jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Abstract

One of the most important rights contemplated in the 1991 Political Constitution of Colombia is access to the administration of justice. This concept, despite being so broad and complex, has been exhaustively developed by the Constitutional Court. In this sense, this article presents the results of legal research with mixed approach, which seeks to define the concept, content, scope and development of this fundamental right from the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court between 1991 to 2017. In this case, the study of access to the administration of justice is carried out, in the constitutional, international and legal sphere, in accordance with the information obtained in the constitutional jurisprudence, which is processed from a statistical sampling, and through analysis sheets. In this way, with the findings found in the jurisprudence of the closure organ of the constitutional jurisdiction, it will be showed the meaning and content that this Court has given to the studied right. At the same time, it will be presented the obstacles to the access to justice found in the constitutional jurisprudence of Colombia.