The Department of Economic Law of Externado University aims to encourage the development of research in topics relevant to law and economics in both a national and international environment.

This is with particular reference to academic articles focusing upon fast emerging and changing areas of important legal topics such as: Law and Economics, Competition and Consumer Financial and Capital markets, Utilities, amongst others. The Department publishes twice a year a journal entitled Contexto: Revista de Derecho y Economía (ISSN impreso: 0123-6458; ISSN digital: 2346-2078) as a contribution to the discussion of issues of law and economics with contributions from national and international authors.