This book provides in English the case law of the Colombian Constitutional Court, which has become one of the most creative and important courts of the global south and the world since its creation in 1991. It offers concise and carefully chosen extracts of the Court's most important cases, along with notes and introductory materials to place them in historical context. The materials focus on the Court's contributions in a comparative perspective, showing how theyare exemplary of a range of problems faced by courts around the world and particularly as an example of aggressive judicial review by the courts of the global south.