Courts in Latin America
Helmke, Gretchen
1967-
editor
Ríos Figueroa, Julio
editor
text
bibliography
enk
2013
2011
monographic
eng
x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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"--
Introduction. Courts in Latin America / Gretchen Helmke and Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Institutions for constitutional justice in Latin America / Julio Ríos-Figueroa -- Enforcing rights and exercising an accountability function : Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court / Bruce M. Wilson -- Strategic deference in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 / Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga -- From quietism to incipient activism : the institutional and ideological roots of rights adjudication in Chile / Javier Couso and Lisa Hilbink -- 'Faithful servants of the regime' : the Brazilian Constitutional Court's role under the 1988 Constitution / Daniel M. Brinks -- Power broker, policymaker, or rights protector? : The Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal in transition / Diana Kapiszewski -- Legalist vs. interpretivist : the Supreme Court and the Democratic transition in Mexico / Arianna Sánchez, Beatriz Magloni and Eric Magar -- Theory of the politically independent judiciary : a comparative study of the United States and Argentina / Rebecca Bill Chávez, John A. Ferejohn, and Barry R. Weingast -- Courts, power and rights in Argentina and Chile / Druscilla Scribner -- Bolivia : the rise (and fall) of judicial review / Andrea Castagnola and Aníbal Perez-Liñán -- The puzzling judicial politics in Latin America : a theory of litigation, judicial decisions and interbranch conflict / Gretchen Helmke and Jeffrey K. Staton.
edited by Gretchen Helmke, Julio Rios-Figueroa.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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
POL040000
9781107001091
1107001099
9781107627550 (pbk)
1107627559 (pbk)
2010038589
DLC
100908
20200414163851.0
200435900
eng