Arboleda López, Adriana Patricia2013-10-222013-10-222013-10-222256-3911http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1000Due process is the set of constitutional guarantees that protect people in order to make sure that there is an adequate consistence in the presentation that takes place in a law process. That includes the representation performed by attorneys -whether they are hired by the processed person, provided by the state, appointed as adlitem curators or appointed by the use of poverty protections- to introduce and contradict proofs, use resources and, in general, provide a technical defense to the people processed. All of these actions are intended to avoid arbitrariness and biases in judicial and administrative processes. The right to have an attorney who represents each one of the parties involved to express their positions and to prevent self-incriminations is a fundamental right established as a part of due process. This paper approaches, from its introduction, the constitutional base of due process and an observation of it as a legal principle. The elements of due process are enunciated, along with the due process´ concept and the guarantees that are part of it.esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y EducaciónProcesos (Derecho)Jurisdicción (Derecho)Derechos fundamentalesDerechos humanosDebido proceso (Derecho)Article