La potestad expropiatoria del Estado en el derecho español y colombiano

The States’ power to expropriate is determined by how its property’s social function is understood. In doing so, it is essential to consider that the expropriation authority has a legal and constitutional policy rationale in which the concept given to the property -insofar this “is” or “has” a social purpose-, determines the guidelines under which the power of expropriation is applied. The foregoing implies a reading of the privateproperty in the light of the Spaniard and Colombian Social States under the rule of law in a comparative law exercise that aims to review in detail the basis of the expropriatory power. This, in order to establish similarities and differences and allow to establish the scope of the expropriation in its respective legal orders.