La responsabilidad objetiva en la protección del derecho del consumidor: ¿Es una cuestión de Estado?

Abstract

Previously it was understood that the relationships that arose in the transactions of the market, were exclusive competence of the private law; however, state intervention made it possible to regulate by law the exercise and development of economic activity, as well as providing guarantees for the optimal protection of consumer rights, the enactment of Law 1480 of 2011, is part of this A new legal concept, which, in the face of objective liability, indicates that the effects of it radiate to all parties involved in the chain of production and marketing of goods and services. This article aims to analyze the normative and jurisprudential development of the objective responsibility in the matter of consumer protection, as well as to characterize the legal advance that has had the subject through the study of cases in the national and international order and thus evidence the strengths and shortcomings in the matter of objective responsibility towards the right of consumption.