Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword by Laurence Whitehead -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Ethical Legal Discourse in Delegative Democracies -- 2. The Novelty of the 1991 Constitution: A Critical Juncture in Colombia's History -- 3. The Choque de Trenes between Colombia's High Courts: Path Dependence and Legal Argumentation -- 4. Discursive Institutionalism in Colombia's Constitutional Court: The Deliberative Judge and Norm Creation in a Politicized Context
5. Conclusion: The Pre-eminence of Democratic Legality over Democratic Security and Discursive Institutionalism -- 6. Epilogue -- Appendices -- Index