Las cláusulas de integración en las constituciones de Suramérica: 200 años después de la Carta de Jamaica

• Main Author: Juan Camilo Herrera
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de los Andes 2016-01-01
• Series: Colombia Internacional
• Subjects: Regional integration; South America; constitutional law (Thesaurus); integration clauses
• Online Access: http://colombiainternacional.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/9251/index.php?id=9251

The purpose of this article is to address the supranational integration process in South America from the perspective of the internationalization of constitutional law. To do so, the first part proposes a basic classification to understand the supranational integration clauses, what they are and what purpose they serve. The second part applies the categories proposed and provides an analytic compilation of the (twelve) constitutions currently in force in South America. Based on an analysis of the explicit text in these constitutions, it identifies both their common features and the discrepancies, in order to proceed to pose questions that may contribute to the economic, political and social integration of the region.