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Book Synopsis The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean by : Maria Dakolias
Download or read book The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Maria Dakolias and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Professional analysis of essential elements of judicial reform, as provided in any country-specific review by the World Bank. As political and economic development continue, greater attention needs to be given to judicial reform. Basic elements of judicial reform include: guaranteeing judicial independence through changes in judicial budgeting, judicial appointment, and disciplinary systems; adopting procedural reforms; enhancing public access to justice; incorporating gender issues in the reform process; and redefining/expanding legal education and training"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Book Synopsis Courts in Latin America by : Gretchen Helmke
Download or read book Courts in Latin America written by Gretchen Helmke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Judicial Appointments in Latin America by : Jan Van Zyl Smit
Download or read book Judicial Appointments in Latin America written by Jan Van Zyl Smit and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Judicial reform in Latin America by : Maria Dakolias
Download or read book Judicial reform in Latin America written by Maria Dakolias and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essay on the need for a well functioning judiciary system in Latin America.
Book Synopsis Judicial Institutions in Nineteenth-century Latin America by : Eduardo A. Zimmermann
Download or read book Judicial Institutions in Nineteenth-century Latin America written by Eduardo A. Zimmermann and published by University of London Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relevance of lawyers and jurists in the process of state-building in nineteenth-century Latin America has been widely acknowledged. This collection of essays assembles a series of studies dealing with the interaction between the legal world and the wider political, economic, social and cultural processes in which the transition from colonial status to independent nationhood took place. Rather than viewing this transition as a radical transformation of judicial institutions and practices, emphasis has been put upon the continuities between those two phases. The chapters range from general overviews of both colonial and republican Spanish America to more detailed case studies of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. contributors include: Linda Arnold, Virginia Tech; Osvaldo Barreneche, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina; Charles R. Cutter, Purdue University; Thomas H. Holloway, Cornell University; Victor M. Uribe, Florida International University.
Book Synopsis Do Judicial Councils Further Judicial Reform? by : Linn A. Hammergren
Download or read book Do Judicial Councils Further Judicial Reform? written by Linn A. Hammergren and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to judicial reform efforts all around the world are the goals of increasing judicial independence and improving the management of courts. One approach that has gained popularity in the past ten years for addressing these issues is creating independent judicial councils. These organizations take over responsibility from ministries of justice or the judicial power itself for selecting and promoting judges, as well as for administering the courts. The hope is that by moving these powers to a less politicized and less bureaucratic organization, real improvements on both judicial independence and court management can be made. Latin America has engaged in substantial efforts along this line. Judicial councils were created in a sizeable number of Latin American countries in the last fifteen years, usually with the support, or even at the urging, of outside supporters of judicial reforms, including the U.S. government and various international institutions. These Latin American judicial councils have now accumulated substantial track records. Consequently they represent an important opportunity for learning about the utility of this approach to judicial reform, with great potential relevance to countries in other regions that may contemplate the creation of such institutions in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and elsewhere. Linn Hammergren takes up the challenge of analyzing the record of experience with judicial councils in Latin America and extracting key lessons. The paper is part of a new series commissioned by the Endowment's Democracy and Rule of Law Project to provide thoughtful, practical and challenging analyses of some of the key questions in the field of rule-of-law and foreign investment.
Book Synopsis Beyond High Courts by : Matthew C. Ingram
Download or read book Beyond High Courts written by Matthew C. Ingram and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is a much-needed volume that will make a significant contribution to the growing fields of comparative law and politics and Latin American legal institutions. The book moves these research agendas beyond the study of high courts by offering theoretically and conceptually rich empirical analyses of a set of critical supranational, national, and subnational justice sector institutions that are generally neglected in the literature. The chapters examine the region’s large federal systems (Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico), courts in Chile and Venezuela, and the main supranational tribunal in the region, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Aimed at students of comparative legal institutions while simultaneously offering lessons for practitioners charged with designing such institutions, the volume advances our understanding of the design of justice institutions, how their form and function change over time, what causes those changes, and what consequences they have. The volume also pays close attention to how justice institutions function as a system, exploring institutional interactions across branches and among levels of government (subnational, national, supranational) and analyzing how they help to shape, and are shaped by, politics and law. Incorporating the institutions examined in the volume into the literature on comparative legal institutions deepens our understanding of justice systems and how their component institutions can both bolster and compromise democracy and the rule of law. Contributors: Matthew C. Ingram, Diana Kapiszewski, Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar, Ernani Carvalho, Natália Leitão, Catalina Smulovitz, John Seth Alexander, Robert Nyenhuis, Sídia Maria Porto Lima, José Mário Wanderley Gomes Neto, Danilo Pacheco Fernandes, Louis Dantas de Andrade, Mary L. Volcansek, and Martin Shapiro.
Book Synopsis The Unfinished Transition to Democracy in Latin America by : Juan Carlos Calleros-Alarcón
Download or read book The Unfinished Transition to Democracy in Latin America written by Juan Carlos Calleros-Alarcón and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the political evolution of the judiciary – a usually overlooked political actor – and its capacity to contribute to the process of democratic consolidation in Latin America during the 1990s. Calleros analyzes twelve countries in order to assess the independence, impartiality, political strength and efficiency of the judicial branch. The picture that emerges – with the one exception of Costa Rica – is the persistence of weak judicial systems, unable in practice to check other branches of government, including the executive and the military, while not quite effective in fully protecting human rights or in implementing due process of law guarantees. Aggravating issues, such as corruption, heavy case backlogs, overcrowding of prisons, circumvention of laws and personal vulnerability of judges, make the judiciary the least evolved of the three branches of government in the Latin American transitions to democracy.
Book Synopsis Transition To Democracy In Latin America by : Irwin P Stotzky
Download or read book Transition To Democracy In Latin America written by Irwin P Stotzky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition to democracy in Latin America encompasses adjustments in norms and institutions regarding the strictures of the rule of law. This book addresses the critical role of the judiciary in the transition. The contributors examine the significance of the independence of the judiciary, which ensures institutional integrity and freedom from p
Book Synopsis International Courts in Latin America and the Caribbean by : Salvatore Caserta
Download or read book International Courts in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Salvatore Caserta and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the foundations and evolution of the four Latin American and Caribbean regional economic courts. It argues that local socio-political factors are often the decisive factor in influencing the direction of these Courts, rather than the formally delegated functions they were assigned when established.
Book Synopsis The Administration of Justice in Latin America by : Helen Lord Clagett
Download or read book The Administration of Justice in Latin America written by Helen Lord Clagett and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis For Whom the Bell Tolls by : T. Leigh Anenson
Download or read book For Whom the Bell Tolls written by T. Leigh Anenson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most pressing challenges facing Latin America is the inadequacy of judicial services. Judicial reform is considered essential to political and economic stability. It is believed that the judiciary will not only reinforce the rule of law, but will also become the very centerpiece for democracy. The key to a successful judicial reform effort will depend, in part, on strengthening the independence of the judiciary. This Comment advocates that an elected judiciary, as opposed to the present appointment system, will create a stronger, more independent, and more responsive system in Latin America. It begins by reviewing the current situation in Latin America to ensure that the proposed remedy is a valid strategy for justice and development. It then examines the judiciary's role in an emerging democratic region such as Latin America from a historical perspective. In particular, it considers the experiences of countries in a similar stage of development and analyzes comparative studies of some Latin American countries. It also considers the current practice of judicial selection in the United States of America. It then evaluates judicial selection by election in Latin America and concludes that it will not only contribute to a stronger judiciary, but one that is more closely connected to the people.
Book Synopsis Justice Beyond Our Borders by : Christina Biebesheimer
Download or read book Justice Beyond Our Borders written by Christina Biebesheimer and published by IDB. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving systems of justice in Latin America is important to consolidate democracy and develop equitable and efficient market economies. Judicial reform involves strengthening the rule of law and developing a moder and transparent juridical process, as well as a system of justice that is impartial, independent, efficient and accessible to all.
Book Synopsis The Limits of Judicialization by : Sandra Botero
Download or read book The Limits of Judicialization written by Sandra Botero and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of what has come to be known as the judicialization of politics - the use of law and legal institutions as tools of social contestation to curb the abuse of power in government, resolve policy disputes, and enforce and expand civil, political, and socio-economic rights. Almost forty years into this experiment, The Limits of Judicialization brings together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars to assess the role that law and courts play in Latin American politics. Featuring studies of hot-button topics including abortion, state violence, judicial corruption, and corruption prosecutions, this volume argues that the institutional and cultural changes that empowered courts, what the editors call the 'judicialization superstructure,' often fall short of the promise of greater accountability and rights protection. Illustrative and expansive, this volume offers a truly interdisciplinary analysis of the limits of judicialized politics.
Book Synopsis The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America by : Rachel Sieder
Download or read book The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America written by Rachel Sieder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades the judiciary has come to play an increasingly important political role in Latin America. Constitutional courts and supreme courts are more active in counterbalancing executive and legislative power than ever before. At the same time, the lack of effective citizenship rights has prompted ordinary people to press their claims and secure their rights through the courts. This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region. With individual chapters exploring Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, it advances a comparative framework for thinking about the nature of the judicialization of politics within contemporary Latin American democracies.
Book Synopsis Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America by : E. Skaar
Download or read book Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America written by E. Skaar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative analysis, focusing on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, explores the complex relationship between executive politics and judicial action, showing that judicial independence is a crucial factor in prosecution. It will engage Latin Americanists as well as all who are concerned with justice and human rights around the world.
Book Synopsis Judicial Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean by : Malcom Rowat
Download or read book Judicial Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Malcom Rowat and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Proceedings of a World Bank conference."--T.p.
