The regime of the intendants in the constitution of Cúcuta of 1821: a model of police administration in the republican state

Abstract

This article displays an unexplored subject in the history of the
Colombian administrative law. This is the application of the
Intendancies regime in the Constitution of 1821. The Intendants
were part of Science of the Police, that is to say, the Management
in the Absolute State. These were agents of the central power and
had the authority to administer justice and to govern, among
others. During the period of Spanish domination they did not
have any use in New Granada, but by express disposition of
the legislation that developed the Constitution of Cucuta they
prevailed in our country. That is to say, that Colombia applied one
of the postulates of absolutism in the beginnings of the Republic.
On the other hand, this article also examines the application of the
of XVIII century Spanish Corregidores Decree on the Constitution
of 1821. In short, these institutions help us to explain that the
sources of our Administrative Law is not exclusively French,
but it has been nourished from diverse countries, like Spain in
these speci?c cases.