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Law and Development in Latin America
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This title was originally published in 1975.
This title was originally published in 1975.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- TABLE OF CASES
- LIST OF FOREIGN ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter I HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
- A. Juridical Problem Solving in Latin America — A Preview
- B. A Brief Excursion into Roman Legal History
- C. The Development of Spanish Law
- D. The Development of Portuguese Law
- E. The Dualism of the Iberian Roman Law Heritage
- F. The Fusion of Law and Religion
- G. The Laws of the New World Colonies
- H. Colonial Administration
- I. Independence and Constitutionalism
- J. Codification
- K. Latin American Legal Culture
- L. Legal Education
- M. Inter-American Legal Institutions
- Chapter II ROLE OF THE COURTS IN CONTROLLING GOVERNMENTAL ACTION
- A. Authoritarianism and the Latin American Judiciary
- B. From Habeas Corpus to Writ of Security in Brazil
- C. The Mexican Amparo
- D. The Argentine Amparo
- E. Note on the Proliferation of Amparo
- F. Revolutions and Golpes
- G. State of Siege
- H. Revolution, Constitutionalism, and Development
- Chapter III LAND REFORM
- A. Introduction
- B. Mexico and the Theory of Restitution
- C. Expropriation: The Affectability of Land
- D. Expropriation: Compensation and Confiscation
- E. Expropriation: Institutions and Processes
- F. Land Distribution: Problems of Structure and Operation
- G. Epilogue: The “Results” of Land Reform in Latin America
- Chapter IV LAW AND INFLATION
- A. Inflation and Its Measurement
- B. Economic Development and Inflation
- C. Nominalism v. Valorism
- D. Contractual Adaptations to Inflation
- E. Inflation Adjustments in Damage Awards
- F. Adapting Credit Transactions to Chronic Inflation
- G. Inflation and Income Taxation
- H. Wage and Price Controls
- Chapter V LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CARACAS BARRIOS: A LAW-IN-SOCIETY CASE STUDY
- A. The Barrios of Caracas
- B. The Study: Objectives and Methods
- C. The Study: Rights in Land and Housing
- D. The Study: Family Obligations
- E. The Study: The Barrio Junta
- Chapter VI PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND DEVELOPMENT
- A. Security
- B. Legitimacy
- C. Community
- D. Inequality
- APPENDIX A BRAZIL: STATUTE REGULATING THE WRIT OF SECURITY
- APPENDIX B MEXICO: CONSTITUTION OF 1917 (AS AMENDED, 1968)
- APPENDIX C STATUTE OF THE ARGENTINE REVOLUTION
- APPENDIX D VENEZUELA: AGRARIAN REFORM LAW (1960) (excerpts)
- INDEX