Senses and Processes of Justice in Equity in Armenia, Quindio

Abstract

Despite the more than ten years of the Justice in Equity implementation in the capital of Quindío, with the first election of peace judges (El Tiempo, 2002) and the first conciliators in equity appointed (Tribunal Superior de Armenia, 2006), little is known of its development in the city. There are no official or academic records that evidence systematized information about it, especially about what meanings underlie its processes and how those determine or influence the latter. This article responds to the research contribution to these questions by describing the notions and meanings of the operators and users of Justice in Equity in the city of Armenia, Quindío, generating rigorous and contextualized knowledge (with perspectives and expressions of the protagonists). The investigation proposes debate elements for the understanding of it in Colombia; states that the communitarian sense of just in the persuasion games of diverse actors’ during the audiences’ dialogues, which are an essential moment of their social configuration and continuous social reworking.