%0 Journal Article %T EL EFECTO DE IRRADIACI¨®N DE LOS DERECHOS FUNDAMENTALES EN EL L¨¹TH DE 1958 %A Barrero-Berardinelli %A Juan Antonio %J International Law %D 2012 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X this article explains the context and the importance of one of the most important rulings emitted by the german federal constitutional court, emphasizing the "irradiation effect" as expression of a culture that gives prevalence to fundamental rights over other legal aspects. additionally it refers to the distinction among principles and rules which enable the construction of certain methods of interpretation. %K fundamental rights %K collision %K rules %K principles %K irradiation effect %K human rights %K law %K interpretation and construction %K amparo %K civil law. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1692-81562012000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en