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El Uso Del Derecho Comparado Como Forma De Escape De La Subordinación Colonial, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome
El Uso Del Derecho Comparado Como Forma De Escape De La Subordinación Colonial, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome
Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome
The Colombian legal culture has not been able to make a fruitful use of the available methodologies in the area of comparative law. National doctrine has understood comparative law as a contrast between two legal provisions that belong to different legal systems without being aware that this kind of comparison is contributing to perpetuate old colonialist ideologies. This phenomenon is visible when Colombian doctrine compares our legal provisions with those issued in what might be called countries of the first world. Under this perspective, it appears that law travels from the civilized world to the uncivilized. Therefore, I think that …