Courts in Latin America /
Courts in Latin America /
edited by Gretchen Helmke, Julio Rios-Figueroa.
- x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Courts in Latin America / Institutions for constitutional justice in Latin America / Enforcing rights and exercising an accountability function : Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court / Strategic deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 / From quietism to incipient activism : the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile / 'Faithful servants of the regime' : the Brazilian Constitutional Court's role under the 1988 Constitution / Power broker, policymaker, or rights protector? : The Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in transition / Legalist vs. interpretivist : the Supreme Court and the Democratic transition in Mexico / Theory of the politically independent judiciary : a comparative study of the United States and Argentina / Courts, power and rights in Argentina and Chile / Bolivia : the rise (and fall) of judicial review / The puzzling judicial politics in Latin America : a theory of litigation, judicial decisions and interbranch conflict / Gretchen Helmke and Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Bruce M. Wilson -- Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga -- Javier Couso and Lisa Hilbink -- Daniel M. Brinks -- Diana Kapiszewski -- Arianna Sánchez, Beatriz Magloni and Eric Magar -- Rebecca Bill Chávez, John A. Ferejohn, and Barry R. Weingast -- Druscilla Scribner -- Andrea Castagnola and Aníbal Perez-Liñán -- Gretchen Helmke and Jeffrey K. Staton. Introduction.
"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 interbranch 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"--
9781107001091 1107001099 9781107627550 (pbk) 1107627559 (pbk)
2010038589
GBB0B4103 bnb
015654548 Uk
Civil rights--Latin America.
Political science--Government--General
Civil rights.
Constitutional courts.
Courts of last resort.
Judicial process.
Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit
Grundrecht
Politik
Internationaler Vergleich
Gericht.
Recht.
Politik.
Courts of last resort--Latin America.
Judicial process--Latin America.
Constitutional courts --Latin America.
Latin America.
Lateinamerika
Lateinamerika.
KG501 / .C68 2013
Courts in Latin America / Institutions for constitutional justice in Latin America / Enforcing rights and exercising an accountability function : Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court / Strategic deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 / From quietism to incipient activism : the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile / 'Faithful servants of the regime' : the Brazilian Constitutional Court's role under the 1988 Constitution / Power broker, policymaker, or rights protector? : The Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in transition / Legalist vs. interpretivist : the Supreme Court and the Democratic transition in Mexico / Theory of the politically independent judiciary : a comparative study of the United States and Argentina / Courts, power and rights in Argentina and Chile / Bolivia : the rise (and fall) of judicial review / The puzzling judicial politics in Latin America : a theory of litigation, judicial decisions and interbranch conflict / Gretchen Helmke and Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Bruce M. Wilson -- Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga -- Javier Couso and Lisa Hilbink -- Daniel M. Brinks -- Diana Kapiszewski -- Arianna Sánchez, Beatriz Magloni and Eric Magar -- Rebecca Bill Chávez, John A. Ferejohn, and Barry R. Weingast -- Druscilla Scribner -- Andrea Castagnola and Aníbal Perez-Liñán -- Gretchen Helmke and Jeffrey K. Staton. Introduction.
"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 interbranch 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"--
9781107001091 1107001099 9781107627550 (pbk) 1107627559 (pbk)
2010038589
GBB0B4103 bnb
015654548 Uk
Civil rights--Latin America.
Political science--Government--General
Civil rights.
Constitutional courts.
Courts of last resort.
Judicial process.
Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit
Grundrecht
Politik
Internationaler Vergleich
Gericht.
Recht.
Politik.
Courts of last resort--Latin America.
Judicial process--Latin America.
Constitutional courts --Latin America.
Latin America.
Lateinamerika
Lateinamerika.
KG501 / .C68 2013
