Anteriormente el derecho era concebido simplemente como un instrumento para resolver disputas privadas, y su función podía resumirse como un mecanismo para impulsar conductas, era un derecho excluyente frente a los problemas sociales. Actualmente la aplicación del derecho en sociedad se ha modificado a lo que se podría denominar un derecho garantista, ya que ahora se presenta con la función de regular bastas relaciones en la vida social y este cambio se ha dado debido al desarrollo de la persona humana de la manera en la que se concibe la tan anhelada justicia.

At an earlier time law was thought of as a simple instrument to settle private disputes and its role could be synthetized as a mechanism to kick-start behaviors. It tended to be an exclusive law in regards of social issues. Currently the enforcement of law has changed and become “guarantist” since its role now is to regulate relations in social life. This change is due to the development of the human person in the way that has been conceived the long-awaited justice.