Abstract

CASTILLO CASTILLO, María Liliana. THE ROLE OF THE DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND ITS LEGITIMATE EXERCISE. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.2, pp.473-486. ISSN 1657-8031.

The present text, derived from a research process, seeks to allow aims to leave elements to the debate over the construction of the deliberative democracy managing to establish, which the theoretical framework could be, in which the Colombian case can be adjusted. For such a purpose, the text will introduce, first, the debate over the deliberative democracy as legitimacy of decision-making procedures, establishing what the role played by the Constitutional Court, in the construction of this type of democracy, is. Second, to deepen, with special emphasis, on the decisions of the Constitutional Court, whether they allow it or not, an open space for the deliberative democracy, and third, it introduces a contribution to the academic debate over the current situation in Colombia in the construction of a deliberative democracy.

Keywords : Legitimacy; Deliberative Democracy; Constitutional Court; Consensus.

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