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Practice areas

Territorial Law and Local Autonomy

Defense of the powers of municipalities and departments

We defend the decision-making capacity of the territorial level of government.

We assist municipalities, departments, and their associations in response to rulemaking by the national level of government and in matters that define how far their powers extend (the land-use plan, or POT, and the powers of municipalities and departments).

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Autonomy and powers

We challenge the national rule that displaces local powers, in the appropriate forum.

  • Powers of the municipality and of the department
  • Simple annulment actions against national decrees
  • Intervention in constitutional review proceedings
  • Conflicts of powers between levels of government

Territorial regulatory monitoring

We flag the impact of a rule in the making while it can still be amended.

  • Opinions on bills
  • Alerts on rules with territorial impact
  • Analysis of the allocation of powers and resources
  • Support for associations of territorial entities

Legal management of the territory

We support the instruments with which the entity plans and administers its territory.

  • Land-use planning instruments
  • Acts of local planning authorities
  • Associative arrangements between territorial entities and metropolitan areas
  • Legal support for public land management

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