Beyond high courts : the justice complex in Latin America / edited by Matthew C. Ingram, Diana Kapiszewski.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and DevelopmentPublication details: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press 2019.Description: viii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780268102838 (pdf)
9780268102845 (epub)

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DDC classification:

347.8/01 23

LOC classification:

KG 495 B573 2019

Other classification:

LAW016000 | LAW025000 | HIS024000

Contents:

beyond high courts / Matthew C. Ingram and Diana Kapiszewski -- Reforms to the public prosecutor's office in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico : the role of justice sector interest groups -- Operationalizing and measuring prosecutorial independence : the Brazilian case -- Public defense and access to justice in a federal context : who gets what, and how, in the Argentinean provinces -- Judging elections : electoral courts and democracy in Latin America's federal systems -- The Electoral Court and party politics in Brazil -- Watching the watchmen : the role of the Brazilian Supreme Court's Chief Justice in checking lower court activism -- Judicial councils in Mexico : design, roles, and origins at the national and subnational levels -- Transnational protection of human rights in Latin America -- Comparative law and courts studies : some reflections and directions.

Summary: "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, Natalia Leitão, Catalina Smulovitz, John Seth Alexander, Robert Nyenhuis, Sídia Maria Porto Lima, Jose Mario Wanderley Gomes Neto, Danilo Pacheco Fernandes, Louis Dantas de Andrade, Mary L. Volcansek, and Martin Shapiro"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	KG 495 B573 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000174373

Includes bibliographical references and index.

beyond high courts / Matthew C. Ingram and Diana Kapiszewski --

Reforms to the public prosecutor's office in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico : the role of justice sector interest groups --

Operationalizing and measuring prosecutorial independence : the Brazilian case --

Public defense and access to justice in a federal context : who gets what, and how, in the Argentinean provinces --

Judging elections : electoral courts and democracy in Latin America's federal systems --

The Electoral Court and party politics in Brazil --

Watching the watchmen : the role of the Brazilian Supreme Court's Chief Justice in checking lower court activism --

Judicial councils in Mexico : design, roles, and origins at the national and subnational levels --

Transnational protection of human rights in Latin America --

Comparative law and courts studies : some reflections and directions.

"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, Natalia Leitão, Catalina Smulovitz, John Seth Alexander, Robert Nyenhuis, Sídia Maria Porto Lima, Jose Mario Wanderley Gomes Neto, Danilo Pacheco Fernandes, Louis Dantas de Andrade, Mary L. Volcansek, and Martin Shapiro"-- Provided by publisher.

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