C-1029 de 2004
The official text of this ruling is in Spanish and is shown as published by the Colombian authorities.
Reporting justice Alfredo Beltrán Sierra
✓Claimant Alirio Castellanos Mendoza
Topics and subtopics of the ruling
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- Garantía de autonomía de la voluntad
- No desconocimiento de la buena fe
- No presunción de la mala fe
- Límites
- Alcance
- Interpretación restrictiva
Case-law reporter's summary (what was argued and decided, in prose)
Codigo civil art. 1068 numeral 15.
Quienes no podran ser testigos de un testamento solemne.
Buena fe erigida como uno de los principios generales del derecho según el cual las relaciones jurídicas tienen como base esencial la buena fe de los particulares.
What it decided
Holdings on Ley 84/73. Hard data, verified against the operative part — citable.
Operative part (Resuelve)
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- en nombre del pueblo y por mandato de la Constitucion,
- RESUELVE
- Declarar EXEQUIBLE el articulo 1068, numeral 15, del Codigo Civil.
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