Chairs:

• Jalil Alejandro Magaldi Serna jalil.magaldi@uexternado.edu.co
• Sergio Estrada Vélez info@cecec.co
• Jose Arvey Camargo Rojas josecamargo@unicauca.edu.co
• Daniel Fabian Torres Bayona danfator@correo.uis.edu.co
• Sergio Andrés Caballero Palomino abogadosergiocaballero@hotmail.com

SPEAKERS

Camilo Eduardo	Chaves Vargas
Afonso	Brás
Juan Manuel	Rojas Rodriguez
Marie	Carpentier

There is a significant academic gap regarding the dynamics of coexistence between diffuse and concentrated constitutional review. The interaction—often conflictive—between these two models frequently neutralizes the potential of diffuse review, a problem that our workshop seeks to shed light on. Comparative constitutional literature typically focuses on “pure” systems or on the primacy of constitutional courts, and it has traditionally undervalued hybrid systems, which are often labeled incoherent or exotic. However, the reality of many such systems reveals both persistent tensions (jurisdictional conflicts, contradictory decisions, and a tendency of high courts to minimize the constitutional authority of ordinary judges) and virtues (responses to injustices generated by the universal application of norms).

This dynamic produces systemic friction that generates deep legal uncertainty and ultimately weakens the overall effectiveness of constitutional adjudication, while at the same time providing corrective mechanisms to counteract the undesirable effects of literalist application of the law. This allows the legal system to deliver appropriate responses to complex crises such as climate change or social inequality.

Our workshop connects directly with “Sustainable Constitutionalism” by examining how the architecture of constitutional justice can ensure the resilience and adaptability of the rule of law. Our research shows that a constitutional order capable of being described as sustainable cannot rely on a single, centralized guardian. It requires, instead, plural and decentralized mechanisms that ensure continuous and capillary protection of the Constitution. la Constitución.