Reflections on the Legal Evolution of Fee Expression in Canada and Colombia in the Context of Democratic Consolidation / Mauricio Beltrán Cristancho y Robert Joseph Blaise MacLean

By: Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: Bogota: Universidad del Rosario, 2011.Description: pp. 217-246 23.5 cmISSN:
  • 01
  • 2145-4531
Uniform titles:
  • Estudios Socio-Jurídicos
Additional physical formats: Estudios Socio-JurídicosOnline resources: In: Estudios Socio-Jurídicos In: Venegas Franco, Alejandro Estudios Socio-JurídicosSummary: ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand the manner in which the commitment to freedom of expression has evolved in both Canada and Colombia, based on the examination of historical patterns and court decisions. Through the lens of the Canadian experience, it looks at the difficulties faced by Colombia, where the state is still struggling to exercise the monopoly of power within its own territory as a first stumbling block to the consolidation of its democracy. Any effort to compare the exercise of liber-ties in two countries with such different legal traditions faces obvious challenges, even more so when after 200 years of independence one of the countries has still failed to achieve the stability and security required to assure sustainable economic development. However, in
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ABSTRACT This article seeks to understand the manner in which the commitment to freedom of expression has evolved in both Canada and Colombia, based on the examination of historical patterns and court decisions. Through the lens of the Canadian experience, it looks at the difficulties faced by Colombia, where the state is still struggling to exercise the monopoly of power within its own territory as a first stumbling block to the consolidation of its democracy. Any effort to compare the exercise of liber-ties in two countries with such different legal traditions faces obvious challenges, even more so when after 200 years of independence one of the countries has still failed to achieve the stability and security required to assure sustainable economic development. However, in

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