Hernando Valencia Villa is a Colombian jurist with a doctorate in legal sciences from Yale University. There he began a long journey in his professional career by obtaining the titles of expert in international human rights law and armed conflicts, he also obtained the title of expert in international criminal justice and transitional justice at national level of which he was a founder and member. the Assembly of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, has held legal positions in international institutions such as the OAS and UNESCO without leaving aside the vocation of teaching in different universities. On the occasion of obtaining his doctorate, in 1987, he presented his doctorate to us. Thesis Battle Cards: A Critique of Colombian Constitutionalism. Here he shows us the internal constitutional process, that is, the formation of the State in the 19th century, chronologically and with historical and legal tools, analyzing it from a position full of critical epistemology, avoiding empiricism and relying on the intellectual. and legal. Despite all this investigative formalism, Valencia sought to go beyond historical balance and philosophical reflection, towards structured criticism. This critique seeks to resolve the mystery of how the constitutional debate was presented and formed in Colombia and what are the real and non-formal characteristics of Colombian constitutionalism. He is also interested in the veracity of claims such as "the nation is the most constitutionally stable country in Latin America" ​​and the formation of alternative theories of law in the country, rethinking the vision of Colombia to guide it towards “political engineering”. ” works, as I would say Valencia, both...... middle of paper ...... specialists and also for all Colombians who seek to get closer to the fundamentals of the country and discover the reality hidden behind the constituent tradition since this book allows us to analyze from the multiple contexts where both order and violence occur, the multiple reforms that the sixteen constitutions have had in the history of Colombia, essential to understand the bases history of the most current amendments and their influence on the Colombian political aspect experienced from day to day: “Build the State before the nation and without the nation, then extract the nation from the State. This in turn had to be done through regulatory discourse, in line with Santander’s legacy.” – Villa Hernando Valencia p.171Works citedVilla Hernando Valencia. Professor http://www.jcortazar.udg.mx/es/catedratico/hernando-valencia-villa