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The Legal Fiction Of The Right To Defense In The Colombian Criminal Justice System, Manuel Iturralde Feb 2020

The Legal Fiction Of The Right To Defense In The Colombian Criminal Justice System, Manuel Iturralde

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

In the first section of the article, I will discuss Omar's case to show why he did not have a fair trial, and particularly how his rights to access to justice and to defense were infringed, both by the public defense he was provided and by the judges that decided his case.

In the second section, I will show that Omar's case is a tellingillustration of the features of the Colombian criminal justice system, which systematically and disproportionately sentences and imprisons marginalized and poor people-in great measure because they lack the financial resources to pay for better and more motivated …


The Advantages Of The Civil Law Judicial Design As The Model For Emerging Legal Systems, Charles H. Koch, Jr Jan 2004

The Advantages Of The Civil Law Judicial Design As The Model For Emerging Legal Systems, Charles H. Koch, Jr

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Globalization, Courts, and Judicial Power Symposium