Courts in Latin America
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Courts in Latin America

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Courts in Latin America

About this book

To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica and Bolivia, the authors demonstrate that there is widespread variation in the performance of Latin America's constitutional courts. In accounting for this variation, the contributors push forward ongoing debates about what motivates judges; whether institutions, partisan politics and public support shape inter-branch relations; and the importance of judicial attitudes and legal culture. The authors deploy a range of methods, including qualitative case studies, paired country comparisons, statistical analysis and game theory.

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Yes, you can access Courts in Latin America by Gretchen Helmke,Julio Rios-Figueroa in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & American Government. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Courts in Latin America
  9. 1 Institutions for Constitutional Justice in Latin America
  10. 2 Enforcing Rights and Exercising an Accountability Function: Costa Rica’s Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
  11. 3 Strategic Deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992–2006
  12. 4 From Quietism to Incipient Activism: The Institutional and Ideological Roots of Rights Adjudication in Chile
  13. 5 “Faithful Servants of the Regime”: The Brazilian Constitutional Court’s Role under the 1988 Constitution
  14. 6 Power Broker, Policy Maker, or Rights Protector?: The Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in Transition
  15. 7 Legalist versus Interpretativist: The Supreme Court and the Democratic Transition in Mexico
  16. 8 A Theory of the Politically Independent Judiciary: A Comparative Study of the United States and Argentina
  17. 9 Courts, Power, and Rights in Argentina and Chile
  18. 10 Bolivia: The Rise (and Fall) of Judicial Review
  19. 11 The Puzzling Judicial Politics of Latin America: A Theory of Litigation, Judicial Decisions, and Interbranch Conflict
  20. Index