Changes in the plan: transformations in the outling of the consumer protection statute

Customarily, interpretation of statutory texts in Colombia has been text-centred, thus, giving pre-eminence to the legal text over its context. However, the interpretative evolution of the Colombian Consumer Protection Statute seems to be contrary to said.

The author's thesis is that, due to the dificulties faced in the Colombian Congress by the initiatives aimed at amending the Colombian Consumer Protection Statute, other elements, such as, constitutional doctrine, judicial opinions, regulation and the economic integration process, have led to a contextual interpretation of the statute.