The judicialization of politics in Latin America / edited by Rachel Sieder, Line Schjolden and Alan Angell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Judicialization of politics : the changing political role of the judiciary in Mexico / Pilar Domingo -- Changing dynamics : the political impact of Costa Rica's constitutional court / Bruce M. Wilson -- The judicialization of politics in Colombia : the old and the new / Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa -- The judicialization of Chilean politics : the rights revolution that never was / Javier A. Couso -- Judicialization and regime transformation : the Venezuelan supreme court / Rogelio Pâerez Perdomo -- Petitioning and creating rights : judicialization in Argentina / Catalina Smulovitz -- Community justice institutions and judicialization : lessons from rural Peru / Julio Faundez -- Private conflicts, public powers : domestic violence in the courts of Latin America / Fiona Macaulay -- Constitutionalism, the expansion of justice and the judicialization of politics in Brazil / Rogâerio B. Arantes -- The transnational dimension of the judicialization of politics in Latin America / Kathryn Sikkink.