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La Incidencia De La Acción De Tutela En Las Políticas Públicas, Fernando Castillo Cadena Oct 2009

La Incidencia De La Acción De Tutela En Las Políticas Públicas, Fernando Castillo Cadena

Fernando Castillo Cadena

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La Incidencia De La Acción De Tutela En La Implementación De Las Políticas Públicas, Fernando Castillo Cadena Jan 2009

La Incidencia De La Acción De Tutela En La Implementación De Las Políticas Públicas, Fernando Castillo Cadena

Fernando Castillo Cadena

The presente article in the light of constitutional economy, and using some conventional law and economics tools, the 'Acción de Tutela' (Constitutional Action or Action for the Tutelage of Rights) as a mechanism of protection of fundamental rights seeking to show its incidence over the implementation of public policies in favor of all citizens


The Supreme Courts Municipal Bond Decision And The Market-Participant Exception To The Dormant Commerce Clause, Dan T. Coenen Jan 2009

The Supreme Courts Municipal Bond Decision And The Market-Participant Exception To The Dormant Commerce Clause, Dan T. Coenen

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Does it violate the dormant Commerce Clause for a state to exempt interest earned on its own bonds, but no others, from income taxation? In a recent decision, the Supreme Court answered this question in the negative. Six members of the Court found the case controlled by the state-self-promotion exception to the dormancy doctrine's antidiscrimination rule. Three of those Justices, however, went further by also invoking the longstanding market-participant exception to sustain the discriminatory state tax break. This Essay challenges that alternative line of analysis. According to the author, the plurality's effort to apply the market-participant principle: (1) invites a …